Comments on: Define what is meant by the terms sustainability and livability and how they relate to cities? http://okavangochallenge.com/sustainability/define-what-is-meant-by-the-terms-sustainability-and-livability-and-how-they-relate-to-cities Tue, 22 May 2012 18:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ANonYmV http://okavangochallenge.com/sustainability/define-what-is-meant-by-the-terms-sustainability-and-livability-and-how-they-relate-to-cities/comment-page-1#comment-3549 ANonYmV Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:29:59 +0000 http://okavangochallenge.com/sustainability/define-what-is-meant-by-the-terms-sustainability-and-livability-and-how-they-relate-to-cities#comment-3549 By definition, cities are just groups of people living in large enough quantities to require the importation of resources. Cities are inherently unsustainable because they require importation of non-renuable resources, thus requiring constant growth to compensate for their un-sustainability. Read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and or Endgame by Derrick Jensen.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8649250863235826256# By definition, cities are just groups of people living in large enough quantities to require the importation of resources.

Cities are inherently unsustainable because they require importation of non-renuable resources, thus requiring constant growth to compensate for their un-sustainability.

Read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and or Endgame by Derrick Jensen.
References :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8649250863235826256#

]]>