In the same way that libertarian ideas had been lying around for Americans to pick up in the stagflated 1970s, young people coming of age in the disillusioned 2000s were handed powerful ideas about social justice to explain their world. The ideas came from different intellectual traditions: the Frankfurt School in 1920s Germany, French postmodernist thinkers of the 1960s and ’70s, radical feminism, Black studies. They converged and recombined in American university classrooms, where two generations of students were taught to think as critical theorists.

District heating is one of the key pillars of our sustainable energy action plan. This plan has been decided by the local parliament in 2008 and renewed in 2015. Our first priority is to cut in half the total energy demand of the city until 2050 and then cover the rest with renewable energy and/or waste heat. To use large amounts of waste heat (e.g. from a waste incineration plant, industry, datacentres …) you need a distribution system, because it is not useable only locally. This is why we want to increase the share of district heating in the city. For the future we see a district heating system which will be “open source technology” – everyone can use the heat and also be a prosumer, delivering surplus energy, e.g. from a solar – thermal plant, to the system. There will not be any longer central DH-Stations but smaller plants and the use of all waste heat sources we can get.

19 category rank QUALITY AND SAFETY 81.3 category score

Germany 0.914

5  Germany 0.914

Food control and inspection in Germany

GDP per capita of $92,248

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More than half of Frankfurt’s urban area is undeveloped, with 52 percent of the city being made up of open spaces and expanses of water. Frankfurt is also home to approximately 160,000 trees and 1,400 types of plants, including 120 particularly rare species.

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89.7 percent

Mortgage as Percentange of Income: 62.52%

CO2 Emission Index: 1,862.18

Time Index (in minutes): 27.48

Quality of Green and Parks76.00

Noise and Light Pollution63.00 High

Water Pollution31.00 Low

Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal20.19

Health Care System Index: 72.90

Safety Index: 54.66

City 736,414

 City 248.31 km2 (95.87 sq mi