Sustainable Mega City Communities

Chapter 2 – The Economics of Sustainable Development

Judi Gail Schweitzer-Martin, MRED, AMDP, CGBP, CALGreen CAC, ENV SP, SBE/DBE

In successful, vibrant and appealing community developments, no matter their size, all the elements housing, transportation, employment, commercial, recreation, education, services must work well together and enhance each other. A thriving community is a system of interconnected, layered uses where weakness or lack in any element affects all the others.