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How responsible development builds resilience
Communities worldwide are battling the effects of overdevelopment, overconsumption of natural resources, and climate change. Lives and livelihoods are at stake.
Many of the world’s oldest landscapes and communities are the most vulnerable, and policymakers, planning authorities and developers are now forced to find new ways to protect them.
In this part of Visionary Realms, we look at how they are using responsible development principles to balance economic prosperity and social outcomes with the needs of the natural world.
Discover projects that place people at the centre of the development process to create truly regenerative communities.
There has yet to be an example where humans have come into an area and left it better than we found it. In recent years, our aspiration for sustainability has been, ‘Can we leave it more or less as good as it was?’ And we’ve struggled even with that. But we need a higher aspiration: regeneration.
Seven lessons for urban place-makers
Responsible development builds resilience and creates regenerative communities. These are communities that have solved the problems of traditional urbanisation.
The best developments put people at the centre of the plan, and are guided by the principles of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Right from the start, policymakers, planners and developers should consider seven principles:
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Environmental restoration builds resilient communities
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