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Sustainable Communities The definition of a sustainable comminity is derived from the idea that there are four systems or "layers" within a community: the natural environment, the built environment, economic and social. A community can be as small as a neighborhood, a hamlet, village, town, city or county or as large as a state, country or even the world. What defines "community" is the shared interactions of the inhabitants of that particular community. There are many definitions of sustainability, sustainable development and sustainable communities. One such definition, by the United Nations, defines sustainability as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Anastasia1214 (talk) 02:19, 29 December 2008 (UTC)anastasia1214