Sustainability and cities: a proposal for implementation of a sustainable town.
This article presents a literature review on the concept of sustainability applied to cities and a proposal for transforming a town in the south of Brazil into a sustainable town. Improvements in energy, sanitation, waste and water conditions, as well as food, clothing, education and jobs generation were considered to enhance the citizen's quality of life and environmental protection.
Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Osvaldo Aranha 99 5° andar, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-190, Brazil. liabmg@gmail.com
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D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004782:Environmental Health