Enbe future town

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1. Introduction 3
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2. A Town
• Investigation on Better Township or Town or City Guidelines and Issues 4-5
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3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities/town 6-7
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4. Investigation & Data Collection: The present towns/cities 8-9
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5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township 10-11
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6. The ZES Town 12-16
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7. The Conclusion 17
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8. References list 18
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1.Introduction
In the ENBE final project, we are going to pretend ourselves as the mayor of
“X” town. Due to the reason that it is too crowded, we will need to propose a
new “X” town for the residents.
This project has been separated into 2 parts, Part 1 is to propose a better
town individually by a video while in Part 2 a proposal among we and our
group mates will be selected to make a real model of the town and also an
A2 presentation board for further information. This project is assigned to us
because it can expose to us the elements of the natural and built
environment in their basic unit, form and function.
In part A, we must conduct a series of researches about the past, present
and future town and learn from the researches to create our own better town.
The future town should be focused on the needs of the people, the facilities,
infrastructure and its sustainability.
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2.The City
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2.1. The City Definition
City is a centre of population, commerce and culture. City is a place where people
live that is larger and more important than a town. City gas complex systems for
sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing and transportation. It is an area where
people live and work.
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2.2. What is the brief history
Through the history, cities have been founded at the intersections of transportation
routes, to at points where goods must be shift from one mode of transportation to
another, as at river or ocean ports. A city formed as central places of trade for the
benefit of members living in close proximity to others facilitates interaction of all kind.
2.3. What makes a city / town
• proper infrastructure such as sewage management and road
• basic daily supply for the people such as electricity, water and food
• public transportation
• well organised city zoning
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2.4. What makes a good town/ township (guidelines etc)
Environment/ habitat
-safe, low pollution, pesticide-free living space and ecosystem throughout our
watershed area and local ocean
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Water
-frugal use, water collection and non-toxic recycling of scarce water
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Shelter
-green housing and furnishings from local sources
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Commerce and trade
-locally owned and operated businesses providing needed goods and services
-mostly local but importing a small number of goods we can’t produce here.
Corporation must meet “triple bottom line” standard- good for “profits, people
(customer/users) and planet”
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Travel and transport
-energy-efficient alternative transport. Commuter trains, bikes, electric vehicles etc
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Security
-maintaining peace and order locally with positive external alliances for mutual
benefit. Finding and creating local sources of needed resources before they run out.
Good local preparation for possible emergencies due to fire, drought, earthquakes,
climate change, food and fuel shortages
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Energy
-wind, solar etc. (use renewable energy)
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Health care
-integrative medicine using the best of traditional and modern medicine, provided
to all the community who need it. Emphasis on preventive care and health
maintenance
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Education
- customised learning environments where the best in each individual is nurtured for
the benefit of the whole community
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2.5. What is the future towns
- low pollution rate
- plant enough trees
- green building
- effective public transportation
- safe and secure
- a lot of facilities and infrastructures are provided
- good waste and water management
- education area (primary school, secondary school, college, university)
- a lot of job opportunities can be provided to the residents
- use renewable energy resources
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3.Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient Cities / towns
Babylon, Mesopotamia
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3.1. When did it start? History and all
Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in
modern day Iraq 94 kilometres southwest of Baghdad.
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3.2. What makes is a significant city and what are the details?
The city was girt with brick walls and a broad deep moat. This city can be entered
by 100 gates which arranged symmetrically, that were 25 in each side. The city was
full of houses and had been laid out with its streets straight, those which run right
angles lead to the river. Each road run to a small gate in the brick river-wall. The city
also have education centre. The Hanging Gardens in Babylon is built in built high
above the ground and the plants were not rooted in the earth like traditional
garden. A whole network of canals was formed, and special officials appointed to
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supervise them. They made sure the canals were clear of rushes and water weeds,
the course ways dredged of silt, and the banks consolidated against floods. Water
cascaded down from a reservoir-lake over the vegetation beneath. Troughs and
channels were built into the irrigation system, and lined with non-rusting metals such
as lead and bronze. The irrigation was based on terracing which allows gravity to
carry the water from the highest point and water all of the plants. The
Mesopotamians also used a series of buckets on a wire to carry water up from wells
and to the highest points along the terraces. These chain pumps were usually
powered by slaves.
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3.3. Conclusion of the city
The Babylonians were very wise because they can solve the problem of irrigation
without the knowledge of modern engineering. They built the a network of canals
and chain pump to carry the water from the Euphrates River to water the crops and
plants.
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3.4. What information or element that you can use to your new future city
The irrigation and water system
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Present Towns / township
Melbourne, Australia
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Melbourne has been voted as the most liveable city from the year 2011 to 2014.
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4.1. What makes is a significant town and what are the details?
• Having 1200 Buildings Program to improve the energy efficiency, the greenhouse
gas savings help achieve the city’s carbon neutral goal
• Implementing Urban Forest Strategy to plant diverse tree species and create a
healthier and cooler landscape
• Trialling cool roofs, green roofs and walls in the city to cool the hot city and
enhance the urban landscape, create social and leisure environments
• Built water tanks and stormwater harvesting systems to store the rainwater to
undergo water treatment and reuse the rainwater.
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• Melbourne has an extensive network of dedicated bike lanes
• Melbourne has famous education centre with high ranking in the world
• There are many parks in the Melbourne city
• Providing various types of efficient in city such as trains, trams and buses.
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4.2. Conclusion about the towns
Melbourne has all the requirements for being a sustainable and liveable city. The
efficient public transport and encourage the citizens to cycle make it becomes a
greener city.
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4.3. What information or element that you can use to your new town
All the buildings in my future town will be having green roofs. Rainwater harvesting
system will be built in my town as well. My future town will provide the residents
world-class education by having a dense education centre. My future town will be a
carbon-free town as there will be no car in the city but just providing bicycle and
efficient public transport.
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The future of towns and Better Towns
Portland, Oregon
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Portland is one of the greenest city in the world. Portland has implemented
extensive green urban planning. Half of the power in Portland comes from
renewable sources. The city has developed 92000 acres of green spaces with
a connected system of trails and parks ideal for walking and biking. Portland
has the highest rate of biking to work of any United States city and it was one
of the first cities to develop a master plan for pedestrians. The transit options in
Portland include bus service and options unique to this city such as the MAX
light rail, WES commuter rail and the Portland streetcar. An urban-growth
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boundary has been established to contain the urban landscape and protect
the 25 million acres of forest and farms that surround the city.
Portland as one of the greenest city in the world has a high potential to
become a fine future city. The use of renewable energy resources for the city
power supply and green spaces in the city that is suitable for walking and
biking can be implemented in my future town to make it more sustainable.
The efficient public transports in the city can also lower down the rate of air
pollution of the city. This shows that it is important to have efficient public
transport in a town to decrease the air pollution in my future town.
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6.The ZES Town
6.1. How did you came up with the solution to create this new town
The previous town is too crowded because of the rise of population in the town.
The town can no longer support the large number of residents and their needs. As
the mayor of the town, I must create a new town for my people to continue their
lives. For the type of town my group mates and I have chosen is a town on a small
island. The reason we chosen this type of town is because water is a natural barrier
that provides protection to the people. The water can also provide source of food
and transportation to the people. A town on an island can also be developed into a
tourist hotspot to have powerful economic source.
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6.2. What is the important characteristic and elements
My town has an irregular island shape with the area of 23.5 km2
and population of
80000 residents. The elements that I will be focused on are transportation, power and
water supply and green technologies.
(1) Transportation
Transport is really important in a town because it allows the people to move from
1 place to another. Due to the small sized of the town, the people are encourage to
cycle and walk in the city. There will be only bicycle tracks and pedestrian walkways
in the town. For public transportation, subway is
provided to the residents.
These are the subway lines in the town
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(2) Power and Water Supply
In my town, all of the power comes from renewable sources by installing windmills
at the seaside. The strong airflows at the seasides will turn the windmill turbines and
convert into electricity and supply to all the residents on the island. A town on a
small island is all surrounded by the sea, it is very hard to get ground water and fresh
water. So I come out with an idea to have a rainwater harvesting system and
desalination system to filter the water and send to the residents.
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(3) Green technologies
To create a greener and healthier town, cars are barred in the town. With no car in
the town, the rate of air pollution in the town will be decreased. The buildings in my
town will all be having green roofs. Green roofs buildings contribute to the cooling
the temperature of the surroundings and hence reduce the usage of air conditioner
and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. There will have a solar-powered
fountain at the town square instead of using traditional electrical-powered fountain.
The solar panels on the fountain will convert the solar energy into electricity.
Therefore the fountain will light up automatically in the
night.
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(4) Vertical Farm
For the agriculture in the town, the town will be highlighting vertical farming rather
than traditional farming method which is planting on the ground. This is because by
using vertical farming this method, the precious land can be kept for other use. The
high vertical farming building can increase the number of crops planted compared
to the same size of land used to plant the crops.
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6.3. The ZES Town
The Zoning of ZES Town
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The Master Plan of ZES Town
From the master plan, we can see that the factories are located very near to the
port. This is because the strategic position allows the factories to send the products
to the port for exportation and it is easier to get raw materials from the port. The
business buildings are placed near the factories so that it is easy to control the
factory management. There are also theme park and shopping mall built at the
area around the hotel. It is convenient to the tourists to play and shopping in the
town. There are two types of condominiums provided to the residents, that is high
cost condominium which built near the sea side and have nice view and low cost
condominiums. The agriculture and livestock section is separated so that it is easy to
manage. The market is built at in front of the livestock section so that the food supply
can be easily sent to the market and sell to the people. A water management
centre is built in the agriculture area so that the water can be sent to water the crop
easily. The wind power station is built at the seaside because the strong wind can
generate more electricity and meet the needs of the people. The fire station,
hospital and police station are located near the town centre so that they can move
to any place that call for emergency. The town square is placed at the town centre
serve as a tourist hotspot and the shophouses around it allow the tourists to
shopping.
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6.4. Conclusion about the ZES Town
In my opinion, a future town does not mean that it should be full of futuristic
buildings and high-tech but not environmentally friendly technologies, but it should
be sustainable and liveable to the people. That is why the ZES Town does not have
fancy, futuristic buildings but green and sustainable buildings. ZES Town might not be
appealing town but with the green technologies implemented in the town, it will be
a simple yet eco-friendly and sustainable city.
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7.Conclusion
From this project, I truly understand planning a town is not an easy task.
From the shape of the town, grid system and the facilities provided in the
town all the stages are essential and require many researches to produce a
better future town to meet the people’s needs.
From the researches about the ancient, present and future or better city, I
have learnt that what people need and what they need in the future and
also what the environments need is just the lower pollution rate in all aspects.
The earth is dying slowly due to the pollution and it will eventually affect us. So
it is very important to implement the green technologies in the town as there
are already many cities in the world had implemented green technologies in
their cities in order to maintain the mutualism between the environments and
the humans.
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8.Reference Links
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
2. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/city
3. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city
4. http://www.ibtimes.com/what-makes-melbourne-most-liveable-city-
world-1555482
5. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-
energy-challenge/big-energy-question/how-to-make-our-cities-more-
livable-and-sustainable/
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
7. http://www.ge.com/ro/docs/
1297780817521_Building_Sustainable_Cities.pdf
8. http://history-world.org/babylonia.htm
9. http://www.ancient.eu.com/babylon/
10. http://www.theplumber.com/history.html
11. http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/hangg.htm
12. http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/Pages/Overview.aspx
13. http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ParkingTransportandRoads/
PublicTransport/Pages/PublicTransport.aspx
14. http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013/06/04/top-10-greenest-cities/
#.U8Eqco2Sw00
15. https://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/the-worlds-greenest-cities
16. http://greencitytimes.com/Sustainable-Cities/portland.html
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