Vishaan Chakrabarti: A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity | TED Countdown
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The speaker discusses the need for sustainable housing solutions to accommodate a growing global population by 2100 and highlights challenges faced by current cities in achieving this. They propose a "Goldilocks" scale of two- to three-story housing using local materials and state-of-the-art systems as a feasible and sustainable solution for future urban development.
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- The speaker emphasizes the necessity of clean energy grids for sustainable housing and highlights the challenges current cities face in achieving this goal, pointing to various obstacles in the way.
- The concept of a "Goldilocks" scale of two- to three-story housing emerges as a promising solution for future urban development, offering sustainability, affordability, and support for mass transit while reducing environmental impacts and promoting communal, equitable living.
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