week 6 discussion urbanism

Week 6 Discussion Urbanism Name: Title of course: Instructor: Date: 1 The lessons from European green cities that could be adapted to American cities are enforcing measures, laws, and mechanisms that offer a financial inducement to actions that are ecologically and socially sensitive. These measures help to preserve the quality of the environment and offer support to environmental preservation. Timothy Beatly argues that American cities use land wastefully, leading to a poor utilization of the land resource, destruction of land that would be used for agricultural purposes, and increasing the cost of putting up infrastructure. The greatest challenges and obstacles that American planners and design would face to implement these lessons are as follows. The American landscape has a low density and many people depend on automobiles which would make the use of environment-friendly practices such as walking and cycling difficult. To convince Americans to give up some comforts and lifestyles that they have become used to might be difficult. Planners and designers will, therefore, have the difficult ...