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San Francisco has often been understood as the gold standard when it comes to sustainable cities. It has an impressive waste recycling rate (currently exceeding 80 percent in its landfill diversion rate) and has set the ambitious goal of reaching zero waste. It has a long history of supporting solar and renewable energy and has formally adopted the precautionary principle, using it to do such things as shift away from the use of pesticides and herbicides for vegetation management in its parks and natural areas. It has also has been participating in our Biophilic Cities Project as a partner city for several years.
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Beatley, T. (2016). San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay. In: Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-621-9_10
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