IGCSE Geography / Urban environments

Making urban living sustainable revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 6: Urban environments, specification point 6.3b, 6.S5. Part of the full course.

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A sustainable city meets people's needs now without harming the environment or passing costs to future generations. Cities can make urban living more sustainable through strategies for six areas, and environmental quality can be judged using both numbers and descriptions.

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