What do "sustainable cities" and "sustainable communities" mean to you?
What kinds of situations come to mind when you see or hear "sustainable cities" and "sustainable communities"?
What do you want to know about "sustainable cities" and "sustainable communities"? Why?
1.持続可能な都市は、以下の5つの要件をバランス良くもって いる都市であると考える。 ①公平・公正 ②安全・安心 ③環境にやさしい ④利便性/競争力がある ⑤創造力がある この持続可能な都市を実現するための基盤として、適切な 都市基盤・都市マネジメントが必要である。
(JICA, 2015/04/30, 持続可能な都市を構築するために~JICAの新たな挑戦~【2025/03/08】)
2.包括的で安全かつ強靭(レジリエント)で持続可能な都市及び人間居住を実現する。持続可能な都市とコミュニティの実現が目標とされています。これには、安全で手頃な住宅の提供、持続可能な交通システムの確立、文化や自然遺産の保護、災害に強い都市づくりなどが含まれます。世界の都市化は急速に進んでおり、多くの人々が都市部に集中しています。このため、都市部での生活の質を高め、持続可能な環境を構築することが急務となっています。また、気候変動や災害リスクの増加に伴い、都市の脆弱性が高まっていることも大きな課題です。都市計画や管理の改善、住宅や基本サービスへのアクセスの拡充、環境に配慮した都市インフラの整備などが求められています。これにより、全ての人々が安全で健康的かつ持続可能な都市環境で生活できるようになるでしょう。(SDGs BOOK, 2024/01/15, 目標11 住み続けられるまちづくりを)
3.コンパクトシティ:コンパクトシティとは、住まい・交通・公共サービス・商業施設などの生活機能をコンパクトに集約し、効率的な土地利用と持続可能な開発を行う都市、または政策のこと。脱車社会を目指し、公共交通機関や徒歩で移動できる範囲に都市機能をまとめることで、生活の利便性向上や行政サービスの充実、経済の活性化などを図る取り組みだ。
(ELEMINIST, 2024/05/28, 持続可能な都市モデル「コンパクトシティ」とは 概要や成功都市を紹介【2025/03/08】)
1. Sustainable communities: “When you look for a definition of what a sustainable community is, you find many different answers but most agree that a sustainable community is one that meets the needs of everyone in the community while protecting and limiting the damage to the environment.” (The Irish Times, 25 April, 2019, What is a sustainable community and how do we become one?)
2. Sustainable cities: “What makes a city sustainable? There are a range of factors that make a city sustainable. A sustainable city is an urban centre with the objective to improve its environmental impact and lessen its climate change risks. Solar-powered buildings, a higher number of green spaces, rooftop gardens and more cycle lanes are some of the possibilities that will make the achievement of this goal easier.” (Capital Monitor, 12 July 2023, SDG11: What are ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’?)
3. Places where people want to live and work, now and in the future: "Sustainable communities are places where people want to live and work, now and in the future. They meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to a high quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity and good services for all.
Sustainable communities embody the principles of sustainable development. They:
• balance and integrate the social, economic and environmental components of their community
• meet the needs of existing and future generations
• respect the needs of other communities in the wider region or internationally also to make their communities sustainable. ..."
(UK Government, ODPM, 2005, Appendix 1: Definition of sustainable communities, p. 56)
日本:「無くしてしまったらもう終わり」6.2億円の赤字で『JR廃線の危機』町長や町民らが「困惑」32年前に廃線の町ではバスも存続危機で『負の連鎖』(MBS NEWS, 2022/05/03)
Japan: Japan coastal city aims to ride digital nomad wave (NHK World, 8 January 2025)
日本:倉吉 関金地区唯一のスーパー3月で閉店へ 去年オープン(NHK, 2025/02/25)
Creating sustainable cities [Video 7:41] (Going Green, 4 February 2022)
Growing Up: How Vertical Farming Works [Video 6:19] (The B1M, 6 March 2019)
How did the Dutch get their cycle paths? [Video 6:29] (BicycleDutch, 17 November 2021)
Japan: Zero Waste Town - Power of Recycling [Video 6:39] (United Nations, 27 March 2024)
Sustainable cities for a sustainable Japan [Video: 5:00] (EuroNews, 12 January 2021)
Denmark: Is Copenhagen the World's Most Sustainable City? [Video 5:48] (Freethink, 13 September 2019)
Sustainable Cities and Communities (United Nations, no date)
How do you make a city sustainable? (BBC Bitesize, no date)
Living in the climate-neutral city (Deutsche Welle, 4 November 2022)
Community Indicators of Living Well (Doughnut Economics Action Lab, 1 July 2025)
Gender equality: Cities aren't designed for women. Here's what's needed next (World Economic Forum, 28 October 2022)
Social justice: The three pillars of sustainable cities and communities (Sustainability for All, 2019)
Examples of local action in Japanese society
廃棄プラスチックを価値ある資源に 元航海士がアートの視点で描く循環型社会への挑戦(朝日新聞, 2025/01/20)
「くらし起点」の持続可能なまちづくり~関西初SST"Suita SSTプロジェクト"(パナソニック ホールディングス株式会社, 2022/07/04
脱炭素のための取り組み 学生が市長らに提案 静岡(朝日新聞,2022/11/20)
すでにインフラ「移動スーパー」 地方も都市も高齢者の頼みの綱(産経新聞, 2024/04/14)
Examples of local action in other societies
Around the world: Young people’s views on sustainable cities & communities (Restless Development, 30 June 2021)
Indonesia: The Teen Activist Who Got Plastic Banned on Bali (Imagine5 magazine, no date)
The Netherlands: Floriade Expo imagines green future of cities (Deutsche Welle, 21 April 2022)
Hamilton City Council, New Zealand: Your guide to starting a community garden (Hamilton City Council, 2025)