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Sustainable Urban
Design Strategies (SUDS)
How a city's layout, government, and buildings can change our future
"Fundamentally, the way we shape cities is a manifestation of the kind of humanity we bring to bear."
-Peter Calthorpe, founding member of the Congress for New Urbanism
"Generally speaking, sustainable development is defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
-Xue Desheng, director of the Center of Urban and Regional Studies at Yat-Sen University
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"The very purpose of urban planning is to prepare for the future, or more ambitiously, to create better futures."
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-Xue Desheng, director of the Center of Urban and Regional Studies at Yat-Sen University
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