TY - GEN
T1 - Achieving Sustainability in California's Central Valley
AU - Lubell, Mark
AU - Beheim, Bret
AU - Hillis, Vicken
AU - Handy, Susan
N1 - This UC Davis report analyzes the barriers and catalysts to sustainable growth and development in Central Valley cities at a crucial time of rapid population growth in that region. This report aims to clarify the concept of sustainability as applied to cities in California's Central Valley and identify some of the major factors influencing a city's ability to achieve sustainability goals.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The concept of sustainability has been described as “the current object of planning’s fascination”(Campbell, 1996), especially in fast-growing areas attempting to balance economic, social and environmental priorities for long-term community welfare.California’s rapidly growing Central Valley is one such area. The CentralValley is at a critical juncture—the 2009 population of about seven million people is expected grow to 12 million people by 2040 according to California Department of Finance estimates. “By developed world standards, such growth is phenomenal,” outstripping any other region in California, the United States, and even Mexico (Johnson and Hayes 2004; p.7).
AB - The concept of sustainability has been described as “the current object of planning’s fascination”(Campbell, 1996), especially in fast-growing areas attempting to balance economic, social and environmental priorities for long-term community welfare.California’s rapidly growing Central Valley is one such area. The CentralValley is at a critical juncture—the 2009 population of about seven million people is expected grow to 12 million people by 2040 according to California Department of Finance estimates. “By developed world standards, such growth is phenomenal,” outstripping any other region in California, the United States, and even Mexico (Johnson and Hayes 2004; p.7).
KW - natural resource conservation
KW - promoting community and individual action
KW - sustainable community planning
KW - transportation
UR - http://cares.ucdavis.edu/resource/achieving-sustainability-californias-central-valley
M3 - Other contribution
ER -