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A "Better model of sustainabiiity' is offered by Hart. This model of sustainability shows how these <br />components build upon one another — the economy exists entirely within society and the <br />economy and society exists entirely within the environment (see Figure 1 -3 Sustainability Model <br />for Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan). The economy cannot function without humans trading <br />goods and services. In turn, the goods and services that humans trade are produced from <br />environmental capital. Accordingly, society functions wholly within the environment. Society <br />cannot survive without the resources the environment provides. Since the economy is embedded <br />in society, sustainable decision making recognizes that society and the economy completely <br />depend upon the environment to function. <br />Figure 1 -3. Sustainability Model for Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan' <br />The Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan embraces this concept of sustainability. Sustainability is not <br />a set of concrete ideas; rather it is a decision making process. The goal of this decision making <br />process is to understand the relationship between ecological integrity, social equity, and <br />economic prosperity. This Comprehensive Plan is built upon the Resource Management <br />System Plan presented in Chapter 2 that provides the city-wide framework for conservation <br />design and sustainable decision making regarding growth and development. The Resource <br />Management System Plan provides a unified "system approach" to natural resource management <br />and providing natural resource based amenities, which are highly - valued and enjoyed by the <br />community. <br />The components of the Resource Management System Plan influenced the Land Use Plan that <br />is presented in Chapter 3. The Land Use Plan was "tested" through the RCWD /Lino Lakes <br />Resource Management Plan (RMP) process and the Resource Management System Plan was <br />refined to ensure that this new system plan would afford protection and appropriate access to <br />the high - valued natural resources located throughout the community. This process recognized <br />that the Land Use Plan should respond to and work with the existing natural systems present in <br />Lino Lakes. <br />Hart, M. July 1999. "A Better Model of Sustainability" <br />1 -4 <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />