Communities as a Foundation to Sustainable Development

On the one hand, the inefficient use of energy and other resources are limiting the robustness and sustainability of both local and national economies. On the other hand, those community-level strategies which dramatically increase all resource efficiencies – whether the more efficient use of materials and water, but especially energy – offer the first major opportunity to build a vigorous and sustainable economy. This panel discussion will examine: (i) the economic imperative of resource efficiency, (ii) the broad set of community-scale technologies that can increase those efficiencies, (iii) the municipal, legal and financial mechanisms that can enable more productive initiatives and investments, and (iv) the environmental policies and governance strategies which can enable a more collaborative management of complex urban systems.

2015 Conference

June 24–27, 2015

San Diego, CA

Communities as a Foundation to Sustainable Development

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John Laitner, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences

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Skip A Laitner, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences

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Discussants

Ed Passerini, PhD, University of Alabama (retired)

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Matthew T McDonnell, JD, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates

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Stephanie Pincetl, PhD, UCLA Center for Sustainable Urban Systems

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