According to the Austin Sustainable Communities Initiative, a sustainable community is one whose prospects for long-term health are good. Its residents do not deplete the resources that they depend on faster than those resources are replenished. Specific characteristics include:
- respect for basic rights and recognition of basic responsibilities
- living within ecological carrying capacity
- equal opportunities for individual development
- a diverse economic base
- a vibrant democracy - with an informed, involved citizenry
- protection of natural diversity
- improving the minimum standard of living
- maximizing the use of people's abilities while minimizing the use of natural resources.
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