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Sustainability and cities: a proposal for implementation of a sustainable town

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Guimarães, L. B. de M.

Affiliations: Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Osvaldo Aranha 99 5° andar, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-190, Brazil, E-mail: liabmg@gmail.com

Note: [] Corresponding author. Email: liabmg@gmail.com tel: +55 (51) 3308-3948 fax: +55 (51) 3308-4007

Keywords: sustainability, cities, towns, environmental protection, socioeconomic growth

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1021-2160

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 2160-2168, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

This article presents a literature review on the concept of sustainability applied to cities and a proposal for transforming a town in the south of Brazil into a sustainable town. Improvements in energy, sanitation, waste and water conditions, as well as food, clothing, education and jobs generation were considered to enhance the citizen's quality of life and environmental protection.

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