Sustainable community development is an approach to urban planning and development that ensures current better quality of life for all; and promises the same for future generations, achieved by protecting, enhancing and living adequately within the earth's resources.
A sustainable community must have access to quality education, jobs, services, housing and leisure within walk-able and cycling distances; provide toxic free living environment which is healthy, resilient and stable now and into the future; Offer livelihood sources to residents within of the community; Democratic, just, engaged, diverse, responsible, supportive and vibrant; Child, woman, men, disabled and elderly friendly; and a community which ensures personal fulfilment, healthy and resources to enjoy life. A community designed and developed to use available opportunities to prevent environmental negative impacts, or minimise them as a last remedy.
Sustainable Community Development follows principles of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development definition of Sustainable Development as 'development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'.
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