enbe project 2 part A- town proposal report

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/town
4. Investigation & Data Collection: The present towns/cities
5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township
6. The New “X” Town / Or the new name
7. The Conclusion
8. References list
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1. The Town
2.1 What is the definition of a township
It is a thickly populated area. A town is smaller than a city but bigger than a
village. Towns are also an urban area with a fixed boundary and an
administrative division of a country. A town is known as a human settelement.
For example in New England, a town is a municipal corporation with less
elaborate or organization and powers than a city.
2.2 What is the brief
history about township
Many towns have evolved on strategic sites, ex: river crossing, near a
border or around a monastery, cathedral or caltle. Transport links to
road or river routes were an important factor in the success of a town,
as was location. Organic towns- towns which grew out of successful
settlements and villages. The historian Maurice Beresford (in New
Towns of the Middle Ages, Macmillan, 1999) divides medieval towns
into two distinct categories, planned and organic towns. Towns have an
element of planning which can be seen in regular burgage plots (the
citizens owned their houses but paid an annual fee for the plots of land
they were built on), or a laid-out market place. Soon after that, there
were towns called planned towns or planted towns.
Planned towns
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There were many ways in which a town could bring in revenue for its
overlord that is by- successful markets and fairs, tolls charged at
the gates, the fines raised from courts, the rent for burgage plots.
Land was drained and the streets laid out with gravel or cobbles. The
market place (often wedge-shaped) was situated at one end with room
for people to set up stalls and shops. Rectangular plots of land were laid
out with the narrow front to the main street. People rented these plots
and built their homes on them. At the back of the houses were yards,
outbuildings, wells and rubbish pits. Some people kept chickens and
pigs and some had small town gardens.
Types of towns
1. Infantile towns- has no clear zoning
2. Juvenile towns- have developed an area of shops
3. Adolescent towns- where factories have started to appear
4. Early mature town- has a separate area of high class housing
5. Mature towns- has industrial, commercial and various types of
residential areas
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2.3 What makes a Town
The size of the local population and whether the location has been
incorporated or has a local seat of government. The size of each varies
from one country or region to another. The size a settlement must be in
order to be called a town varies considerably in different parts of the
world, so that, for example, many American small towns seem to British
people to be no more than villages, while many British small towns
would qualify as cities in the United States. Towns range from a few
hundred to several thousand, maybe hundreds of thousands of
inhabitants. It is also the administrative division of a county and has a
fixed boundary around it.
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2. Investigation & Data
Collection:
Ancient Cities / towns
3.1 When did ancient cities started to evolve
A brief meaning of city in ancient times best describes an urban center of
dense population and a certain pattern of buildings spreading out from a
central religious complex such as a temple (though, frustratingly, this could
sometimes apply equally well to a `village' or `settlement'). The word `city’
derives from the Latin civitas although urban development pre-dates Rome by
many centuries. "The demographic definition, based on the concepts of Louis
Wirth, identifies cities as large, dense settlements with social heterogeneity" (26),
meaning that they are defined as large communities of people who have decided to
live together for a common purpose under laws observed by all. This definition,
however, could apply equally well to large villages as to cities.
The first cities which fit both Chandler’s and Wirth’s definitions of a `city’ (and,
also the early work of the archaeologist Childe) developed in the region known
as Mesopotamia between 4500 and 3100 BCE. The city of Uruk, today
considered the oldest in the world, was first settled in c. 4500 BCE and walled
cities, for defense, were common by 2900 BCE throughout the region. The city
of Eridu, close to Uruk, was considered the first city in the world by the
Sumerians while other cities which lay claim to the title of `first city' are
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Byblos, Jericho, Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, Sidon, Luoyang, Athens,
Argos, and Varasani. All of these cities are certainly ancient and are located
in regions which have been populated from a very early date. Uruk, however,
is the only contender for the title of `oldest city’ which has physical evidence
and written documentation, in the form of cuneiform texts, dating the activities
of the community from the earliest period. Sites such as Jericho, Sidon, and
even Eridu, which were no doubt settled before Uruk, lack the same sort of
documentation. Their age and continuity of habitation has been gauged based
upon the foundations of buildings unearthed in archaeological excavations
rather than primary documents found on site.
3.2 Concentrating on ancient city of Babylon
Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie
in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of Baghdad. The name
is thought to derive from bav-il or bav-ilim which, in the Akkadian language of
the time, meant ‘Gate of God’ or `Gate of the Gods’ and `Babylon’ coming
from Greek. Babylon was founded at some point prior to the reign of Sargon
of Akkad (also known as Sargon the Great) who ruled from 2334-2279 BCE
and claimed to have built temples at Babylon (other ancient sources seem to
indicate that Sargon himself founded the city). At that time, Babylon seems to
have been a minor city or perhaps a large port town on the Euphrates River at
the point where it runs closest to the river Tigris.
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3.3 What makes Babylon a significant city
Hammurabi(17th century BC) was a king of the Babylonian Empire who
made Babylon one of the greatest cities in antiquity. He rebuilt
Babylon, building and restoring temples, city walls, public buildings, and
building canals for irrigation. The streets of Babylon were wide and
straight, intersected approximately at right angles, and were paved with
bricks and bitumen.
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Collection:
Present Towns / township
4.1 concentrating on Dubrovnik town
Dubrovnik is surrounded on three of its five sides by the glassy waters of the
Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik has of piazzas, palaces, cafes, monasteries, fountains
and dinky southern Italian baroque shops. Inter-locked on a neat grid system
of car-free streets and passageways, the buildings are harmonised in hue and
texture by the local limestone and bound within one-and-a-quarter miles of
ancient walls. As a model metropolis, the old town offers a gift parcel of
European history, culture and cappuccinos that even the most jaded weekend
visitor will find easy to unwrap.
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Collection:
The future of towns and Better Towns
5.1 concentrating on the future city of Iskandar (Johor)
At the southern tip of Johor, Malaysia lies the city of Iskandar. It spreads
out across 2,217 sq km (that’s three times larger than Singapore and
about the same size as Luxembourg) and is set to be the center of
Malaysia’s sustainable development strategy. Planned by the Malaysian
government, Iskandar will be the ultra-green and socially integrated city
of the future. Iskandar will serve as a testament to the power of green
cities to reduce pollution and climate change. Energy here will be
provided from renewable sources, transport will all be public, and waste
will be re-used. A smart city template – protecting the environment,
promoting equitable development and addressing urban development
challenges through the creation of smart, liveable urban communities
that will yield an improved quality of life for thousands of citizens, with
safer, cleaner, healthier, more affordable and more vibrant neighbour
hoods, serviced by more efficient and accessible transportation systems
– great destinations for businesses
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5. The town “X”:
WinderGrove
6.1 The 5 steps to make a town
1. Grid System – is a type of plan where streets run at right angles to each
other.
(a) The grid system I chose is the radial grid. It is strictly geometric and
represents POWER.
(b) Radial grid changes the topography to match the geometry.
2. Zoning-land use
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(a) The purposes of zoning:
- Protect and maintain property values
- Manage traffic
- Manage density
- Protect the environment
3. Transport system
4. Elements
5. Idea of green accessibility
6.2 My town on an island
WinderGrove town
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My town name originated from a part of my name which is Harwinder while
Grove originated from mangroves because my island is surrounded by some
mangrove forests. On my island water can provide a source of food and
transportation. My town will provide an eco friendly environment and it is
located above Kuching (Sarawak).
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6.3 Zonings
1. Residential zoning: single family homes, apartments, homes
2. Commercial zoning: offices, shopping centers, hotels, shop houses
3. Industrial zoning: manufacturing plants, storage facilities
4. Educational zoning: schools, universities, research centers
5. Agricultural zoning: farm houses, vertical farms
6. Recreational zoning: parks, plazas, pocket parks
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6.4 Transportation and links
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My town has only few types of transportation which are bicycles, public
buses and cars (the tax to buy cars is high so less people will buy them).
The most commonly used mode transport will be the bicycle. By cycling
air pollution to the environment will be reduced and it can also
increase our health benefits.
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6.5 The sustainable approaches of my town
1. waste management
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This system will be fixed all around the town.There are some steps on how
this system works.
Step 1: The waste is put in a relevant bin
Step 2: A computer detects when a bin is full
Step 3: Waste will be sent at around 80km through a tube network
Step 4: Waste goes automatically into the correct container which is loaded
onto a
lorry and sent for recycling.
2. Renewable Energies on my island
(a) Wave energy
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(b) Solar energy
Since Malaysia has a very hot and sunny climate my town will install solar
farms that will provide a wide amount of energy all day long.
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6.Conclusion
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The important thing that people should follow is to make a successful town is
not easy because its needs a lot of hard work and planning to come up with a
town that suits the peoples environment and surroundings.
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7. Reference Links
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