Future-Proof Amphibious Town

Content:
1. Introduction
2. A Town Investigation on Better Township or Town or City Guidelines and Issues
3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities
4. Investigation & Data Collection: The present towns/
5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township
6. The New “X” Town / Or the new name The conclusion
7. conclusion
8. References list
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1. Introduction
For our final Element of Natural and Built Environment assignment, we are instructed
to propose a new and improved city plan that improve the way the resident live
and create a sustainable living environment for the future.
I do many research through online about the ancient old, present and future city. I
also do many research about green city and the others country of culture and
history. This assignment give students feels of being a future city planner for the
people to live happily and healthy together with their family.
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2. The City
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2.1 The City Definition
A town is a small community with a human settlement larger than a village but
smaller than a city. Some town can be without authorize. Every town have
different layout and grid.
2.2 What is the brief history
Great city such as Rome and Babylone existed thousands of years before we
were born. They were the largest cities in the world and arguably the epicenters
of human civilization. These cities led mankind to new height of culture and
commerce.
2.3 What makes a city / town
The city as a physical composition involves interaction between these man-
made and natural components. A city have a complete road system,
transportation, housing, education system , food distribution and all the need of
human.
2.4 What makes a good town/ township
A great city is sustainable and liveable city. A eco-friendly city with low carbon
enery system, a relatively compact centre with good public transport. A city
consist of paces for human activities and interactions .
2.5 What is the future towns
Clean town without polluted and destroy such like air, water and noise pollution.
Cites need lungs for breathing , basically well-maintained open green ,public
spaces. reduce the problem of waste disposal, health and pollution.
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3. Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient City of Carthage
The ancient site of Carthage was located on the edge of North Africa that is
now Tunisia, on the Eastern side of Lake Tunis.
Carthage was founded as a Phoenician Colony about 800 BC. It was once
the center of the Phoenicians' vast trade empire. Carthage was later
conquered and destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC.
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Topography:
Carthage had inlets to the sea to the north and South, which made it
master of the Mediterranean's maritime trade. All ships crossing the sea
had to pass between Sicily and Carthage, affording it great power and
influence.
The City Plan:
The city had a huge Necropolis, religious area, market places, council house,
towers, and a theatre, and was divided into four equally-sized residential
areas with the same layout.
Residences
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 Carthage was a city of glittering palaces and luxury houses lived in by the rich
merchant classes.
 Their town houses rose six-storey high along narrow streets. Each house was
built around a central courtyard & had its own cistern along with a
rudimentary drainage system.
 Their private estates in the countryside were large houses and gardens
backing on to extensive plantations that benefited from the complex
irrigation systems. Herds of cattle and flocks of sheep pastured on the
surrounding plains.
Ancient city of Baoshan Stone City, Yunnan
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Baoshan Stone City, Yunnan
In addition to Dayan Ancient City, there is another old city in Yunnan Province,
Baoshan Stone City, located by Jinsha River Canyon, about 120 kilometers north of
Lijiang. Because it was built on a huge mushroom-shaped rock, the city is called
“stone city.”
Baoshan Stone City is the original habitat of the Naxi Ethnic Group. Naxi people
migrated here during the Northern and Southern dynasties (420AD-589AD) and built
the city during 1277-1294 in Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Their own language, houses
and architecture have been well preserved in the city, reflecting the true life of the
Naxi people.
One side of the city is a stone slope going straight to the Jinsha River, and its other
sides are steep cliffs. With only two stone gates in the north and south for access, the
whole city forms a natural strategic pass. Houses were built according to the terrain
of the rock, and all the cultivable hillsides around the city have been turned into
terraced fields.
Now over 100 Naxi families are still living in the city. They are very friendly to tourists
and always greet the visitors with genuine smiles.
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Present Towns / township
Bandar Tun Razak is a township and parliamentary constituency in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. It is named after the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak.
There are a number of residential areas located in Bandar Tun Razak.
Taman Jaya
It consists of a collection of houses, an area of shoplots, two suraus (Surau Al- Mustaqimah and
Surau Al-Ittihadiah), one primary school (SK Bandar Tun Razak 1 & 2), one secondary school
(SMK Bandar Tun Razak) and a fire brigade.
Taman Midah
Taman Midah is a major residential area beside Taman Jaya. It is neighboured by Taman
Connaught, Taman Cheras and MRR2. It consists mostly of two-storey houses and bungalows,
two areas of shoplots, two primary schools and a collection of playgrounds. There is a
playground used as a science experiments site for some secondary school students from SMK
Bandar Tun Razak.
Taman Mulia
Taman Mulia is the primary residential area for Bandar Tun Razak. It consists of several
residential areas such as Jujur, Ikhlas, Makmur and Mewah. There also a Bandar Tun Razak
S63 STAR LRT station here. There is a collection of low-cost flats such as Flat Sri Labuan and
Flat Sri Kota.
Bandar Tun Razak S63 STAR LRT station
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The future of towns and Better Towns
Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm
PLAN
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6. AMPHIBIOUS Town
6.1 Problem & solution
The problem faced by the people and the city is the rise of the sea level causing
land has been covered by sea. To face this problem, as a mayor I have decided
to build a town with combination above the land and sea. But the underwater is
only built with underwater track for public transportation so the transportation will
hide underwater don’t appear above the water. You can only see the walkway ,
cycling path and building above the water. The reason why am I decided that is
because I want give back the road for people to walk not the cars.
Reason as a mayor I didn’t go for full town with above the sea is because it will
takes a lot and costly material and work to built it. Other than that it is good for
sea fisheries in my town.
The people living at my town can enjoy the sea view ,observe the nature and the
behavior of animal live in the sea and also on the land with large open space.
6.2 important characteristic and element of town of Amphibious & zoning
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One of the thing about city of Amphibious besides living on land, it also built and
connect to second part above the sea ,therefore the name of Amphibious
mean able to live on both land and water.
The second part town, above the sea will have a large recreational area for the
people. Since the sea is next to the town so make use of the sea。
Housing :
The residential area is separated into high wealth , middle wealth ,low wealth
and special residential. High wealth is Semi-D house, middle wealth is terrace
house, low wealth is condominium, special residential are for orphans and old
folks .
GREEN ROOFS - Roofs covered in stonecrop or sedum plants are not just an
attractive detail. The plants also absorb rain water that would otherwise drain
into the sewers.
Facilities:
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The facilities includes a schoold , government working area, offices, schools and
university . Hospital , Fire Fighter and Police station are also available around the
residential area
Energy :
Solar Panels – There are solar panels on some of the roofs to absorb the heat
from the sun and use it to heat hot water. The solar panels can provide sufficient
energy to meet half of the building’s annual hot water requirement.
Solar Cells on wall – the light energy of the sun is harnessed and transformed into
electrical energy in solar cells. The energy from a single solar cell module covering
ine square metre provides around 100kWh/year, which is equivalent to the
household energy used for three square metres of housing.
Biogas- Is the perfect fuel to run generator, create electricity to built up the light ,
fan, air-conditioner.
Waste management :
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Vacuum system for the solid waste and refuse - The heaviest and bulkiest waste
fractions are sorted and collected via an underground waste collection system. The
waste is sucked through pipes into a central room, one fraction at a time. The
container are collected from the room so the heavily-loaded garbage truck will not
lumbered down the street, reducing vehicle jam.
Biogas digester - Can turn any waste into fuel such like human waste ,animal dung
and urine. So waste=fuel. There are many uses of fuel, to run generator ,create
electricity to built up light air-conditioner and fan, to run cars and gas stove ,organic
fertilizer . Biogas is the perfect fuel for cooking, cars, fertilizer and electric.
Water management :
Grey water recycling system – Grey water collect form baths, hand basin, washing
machine which is then filter ,disinfects ,recycle and be reuse for general cleaning ,
watering garden , flushing toilet.
Benefit
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Offices, warehouses, school, hospital, shopping centre and hotels equipped with Grey
Water Recycling System can reduce environment impact, less main water consumption and up to
50% saving on bill.
Rainwater Harvesting System-
All the building in my town will be equipped with rainwater harvesting tanks in the backyard
or underground to collect rainwater from roofs and be reuse.
Instead of using water that is good enough to drink we can reuse the rainwater to flush the
toilet, wash the car, water the garden, and for general cleaning.
Benefit
Tapping rainwater not only reduces your monthly water bills but also lessens the demand
and dependency on the public water supply and, ultimately, the need to expand water
supply infrastructure. Equally important is that holding back rainwater will reduce land
erosion and flooding caused by rapid runoffs whenever it pours
Transportation :
The main transport of the town is public transport which is electric bus and ferry.
Walking and cycling is the second option. Electric car is also others options of
transport.
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Extensive and well-developed bike lane network
Low cost and easy access make this transportation option a very popular choice
Electric car – Help reduce emissions and enery consumption and curb climate
change.
lithium titanate batteries electric bus -
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Lithium titanate batteries don’t expand and contract during recharging, so they’re
very resilient and can hold up to frequent partial recharges. After only a ten minute
rapid charge, the bus will be able to operate for three solid hours. Do not need the
driver out of the car for charging, because everything is done through an
automated system connection.
Benefit
Reduce energy consumption, air pollution, climate impact and noise.
people will sit ferry to the second part town above sea
electric ferry – the electric motors with silent, low-emissions cruising and a unique
rapid recharging system
Passengers won’t have to wait for the ferry to charge. A rapid charging system takes
just 10 minutes to give the ship’s 180 kilowatt-hour nickel metal hydride batteries
enough juice to run for one hour at 9 knots.
Benefit
the conversion will cut 130 tons of CO2 emissions and 1.5 tons of NOx emissions while
cutting operating costs 30 percent
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6.3 conclusion
This new town of amphibious will not just solved the problem where people has
lost their land due to the rise in sea level, it is still provides loads of facilities and
infrastructures for the citizen. It is a green town create to save mother Earth from
being harm.
7. Conclusion
Through all the researches about the citi , town ,township above . I have learn
that a good town planner always place the people’s healthy and the Earth’s
healthy first. Our earth is sick , pollution is a major problem. Most cities around the
world have already taking action of reducing the carbon footprint such like
using bicycle as their transportation and also trail , tram, bus ,ferry which go with
electric system.
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To success the future city we need a very long time .it is not imposible to
complete a healthy and sustainable city for people but what it need is time to
change and improve.
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8. Reference Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Tun_Razak
http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2012-04/12/content_25113446_6.htm
http://www.hammarbysjostad.se/
http://www.archinomy.com/case-studies/1889/ancient-city-of-carthage
http://www.mazdainthenews.com/l-a-gets-worlds-first-rapid-charge-electric-bus/
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/stockholm-electric-ferry/
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