User:Ssshobei/Environmental planning

Evaluation of sustainability:

In addition to legal regulations surrounding environmental planning, there are also many systems of evaulation:


 * Leed
 * Ucgbc
 * Beeam

Anticipatory planning:


 * Many planning actions currently revolve around emissions reduction and material reuse, not adaptation for the future. This is because predicting the effects of climate change is challenging due to the complex nature of climate action and an unpredictable timeline of emissions mitigation. As an alternative, several cities in the US have taken the "anticipatory governance" intending to explore the uncertainty around future impacts on their communities.

Local municipals around the US are implementing Climate Action Plans (CAPs) as urban areas grow. However, some act more as motivational goals while others are a concrete plan for implementation. In the US, environmental regulation at a federal level is implemented by agents of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the groups work together to address the complicated nature of environmental issues.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in the major green building qualification system run through the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It includes new types of buildings as well as existing building that can be modified up to multiple levels of environmental standards through certifications. LEED standards play an important role in quantifying environmental impact and act as a hybrid between "material objects and human practices."