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A Green City
A Green City
Green Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Walkability
Freiburg, Germany and the surrounding cities are celebrated for their environmental consideration. In order to achieve this high level of environmental standards, there were multiple actions that led to its development. Ultimately, Freiburg planned to contain the population growth from the start, through anti-sprawl efforts, this gave the structure of the city a livable and walkable solution to urban sprawl. Another factor is that the built environment of Freiburg allowed the city to be used in an environmentally friendly way. Today, the city of Freiburg has become internationally recognized as the birth place of the environmental protection movement. It is also idolized for its, "progressive policies in actions, from its acclaimed waste management concept, to its wide-spread use of renewable energy, to its urban transport and mobility policy." (Local Governments for Sustainability Europe)
Freiburg, Germany and the surrounding cities are celebrated for their environmental consideration. In order to achieve this high level of environmental standards, there were multiple actions that led to its development. Ultimately, Freiburg planned to contain the population growth from the start, through anti-sprawl efforts, this gave the structure of the city a livable and walkable solution to urban sprawl. Another factor is that the built environment of Freiburg allowed the city to be used in an environmentally friendly way. Today, the city of Freiburg has become internationally recognized as the birth place of the environmental protection movement. It is also idolized for its, "progressive policies in actions, from its acclaimed waste management concept, to its wide-spread use of renewable energy, to its urban transport and mobility policy." (Local Governments for Sustainability Europe)
Factors leading to the environmentally focused city:
Factors leading to the environmentally focused city:
The region has lots of sun, allowing strong vegetative growth.
Freiburg has a lack of extractable resources, so no scarring of the landscape occurred from the extraction of natural resources.
The city was built so that it does not interrupt the airflow from the Black Forest.
After the city was bombed in World War 2, plans were made with environmental consideration in mind including reconstruction, land use, and transportation.
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