Developing Sustainable Places

Running head: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PLACES
Developing sustainable places
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1DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PLACES
The term urban sustainability indicates the idea in which the organized city is being
described (Medved, 2016). In the process without unnecessary dependence on the
surrounding country side the city gain the ability to increase its power by producing the
energy from the renewable sources. Not only the energy development process is being
introduced but also here the city focuses on bringing the opportunities for the social and
human creatures. The sustainable urban development is very important in the case of
introducing the economic and social growth (Mahzouni, 2017). Employment opportunity as
well as the social standard is being improved with the sustainability initiatives. Urban
sustainability is very important for dealing with the poverty related issues. The purpose of
this study is to highlight the core issues of Vauban, which is a town centre in Freiburg.
Vauban is being considered as the world’s most popular urban sustainability model. It has
been identified that in the current scenario, the city is dealing with the issues regarding the
sustainability. Here the study has identified the ecological, social and economic stability
related issues in Vauban. After identifying the issues the study has focused on the initiatives
taken by Vauban in order to manage the challenges.
In order to conduct the research critical appraisal of Vauban in Freiburg has been
chosen. In the case of highlighting the urban sustainability, the Vauban can be the effective
example. Freiburg is being considered as one of the popular city in Germany. In the words of
Späth and Rohracher (2015), the city named Freiburg has established its popularity by
introducing the sustainable urban planning model in Vauban. The city is popular in this
country for its sustainable architecture, urban design and environmentalism. In this city the
two popular sustainable models of urban district, such as Vauban and Rieselfeld have been
developed. In order to meet the needs for daily life, the solar houses, CHP system, water and
storm management and others various initiatives have been introduced (Gössling et al.,
2016). Near about 5100 residents have established on the former French military base site.

2DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PLACES
The area has offered the diversity for dealing with the increasing business opportunities. It
has been identified that the construction of the international community has started in the year
1990. After the development of model it ban district near about 600 job opportunities have
been introduced. The holistic environment planning practices in Vauban district has provided
the eco friendly living facilities. The significance of the area is, here the individual
community has been developed, where the people have involved themselves in actively in
future development planning. According to Morgan et al., (2017), green transportation is the
one of the important initiatives taken by Vauban district. School, shopping centers, markets
and tram stops are within working distance from every house. On the other hand, it has been
identified that the city has developed the low energy consumption standard. As stated by Lin,
Philpott and Jha (), in order to bring the sustainability the proper waste management,
infrastructure, heat 2015supply, electricity and biogas generating process have been
developed. GEMIS software is being used for analyzing the flow of the regional material and
monitoring the lifecycle in Vauban (Vaughan, Karimi & Khan, 2017). Therefore, it can be
said that the biggest strength of the Vauban urban planning model is here the job
opportunities, green city development planning, low energy consumption practices are
included.
However, it cannot be denied that the Vauban district is being considered as the
model city, but there are few challenges those are creating barriers in its sustainable
development. In the study, it has been already discussed that the study that in Vauban the
independent settlement initiative has been taken. As stated by Vietz et al., (2016), due to this
reason the conflict among the active citizens and individual community has brought the
social challenges. On the other hand, it has been identified that the unwanted residents have
been removed from this city by the police. By supporting this Geller, Rees and Brooks (2016)
said, it is true that SUSI is being developed for bringing the social and architectural diversity