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The Promise and Potential of One Planet Living

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This chapter explores the One Planet Living (OPL) framework for sustainable urban development. The OPL Framework is a system of principles and tools for the design, planning and building of new sustainable residential mixed use urban communities, including zero carbon and zero waste objectives. To put progressive climate change mitigation strategies into practice, the OPL framework was first implemented and tested in the BedZed development in England over 25 years ago. Since then, it has been applied to dozens of new construction and development projects worldwide. We begin by introducing the OPL and presenting several case studies of OPL in practice from around the world. We then situate the OPL framework within the broader literature on sustainable urban development to illustrate the promise and potential of this unique approach to construction and development.

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    Ajaykumar Manivannan & Daina Mazutis

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Manivannan, A., Mazutis, D. (2023). The Promise and Potential of One Planet Living. In: Allam, Z. (eds) Sustainable Urban Transitions. Urban Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2695-4_1

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