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Here is a PPT on Eco Green Cities. The fonts will change if u have only fonts of your pc. You can download.. If you have any queries send it to guthijp.reddy@gmail.com
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For this question, we will focus on a comparison and contrast of early American civilization creation stories, specifically the Aztec creation stories, with the European creation story from Christianity. What we want to compare are the ideas about the relationship between God and humanity as depicted through art. It's not necessary to retell the stories in this discussion. We will all have read the material. Focus on similarities and differences in the meaning of the stories. How does each civilization view the creator and creation? the roles of women? the relationship between humanity and the divine?
King James Bible, Genesis 1, 2
Q2:
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The multiple challenges that cities face also represent a strategic opportunity to build sustainable cities
and reap the benefits of rapid urbanization. Urban de
velopment should be understood as a balanced and inclusive
development of four pillars: economic de ve lopment, social
development, environmental management and urban
governance. The enabling mechanisms include an integrated
investment on green industrial transformation, improved
public infrastructure, access to and efficient use of social
services, effective urban governance, and the protection and
management of natural resources.
About 6.25 billion people would be living in urban cen
tres by 2050, eighty per cent of which would reside in develop
ing regions, concentrated in cities of Africa and Asia. For ex
ample, African cities would house over 1 billion people, which
would be three times the figure of urban North America, twice
the figure of Latin America and the Caribbean or Europe, and
comparable to China’s urban population at that time. In many
cities of developing countries the main challenge would then
be how to provide adequate public services and job opportuni
ties to residents, including marginalized populations in mega
cities. In addition, the adverse impact of social inequalities on
human health and the environment can multiply when we
factor the adverse effects of ‘natural’ disasters. The incidence of
natural hazards linked to climate change events has increased
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
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Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Learn about:
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
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The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
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Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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2. In the industrial world, it is defined as resources efficient, technology
driven activity that increases investments and growth while
substantially reducing carbon footprints; thus fast and clean masstransport systems and motor fuel hybridisation; cradle-to-cradle
production and consumption patterns; advanced waste management
on the 3Rs pattern; controls on chemicals use and management;
careful mining practices and action plans to make these investments
and activities sustainable, characterise one type of green economy.
Practically, it can be thought of as an economy whose growth in
income and employment is driven by public and private
investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance
energy and resource efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity
and ecosystem services. This is achieved through targeted public
expenditure, policy reforms and regulation changes. The concept of
green economy emphasises on the intersection between
environment and economy.
3.
Green-Economy is essentially an inclusive concept comprising
economic, social and the environmental pillars of growth. It’s goal
is shared prosperity with societal resilience against future shocks
and surprises.
It aims at:
Well-being; measured not merely on the Happiness Index but in
the context of pursuing and achieving the development goals.
It promotes :
Equity; for diversified sustainable development.
It provides :
A win-win economic-environmental model;
Projects and
programmes are co-beneficial, bringing in revenues from both
environmental and economic investments.
5. The
confluence of the global economic crisis,
ecological crises and the second wave of
urbanisation in cities makes them important
spaces for unfolding transitions. Demand for
energy and materials is increasing, and the
bulk of production and consumption takes
place in cities.
Exhaustion of resources in near future triggers
rise in cost of resources; examples being oil,
staple food, onion, etc. this will affect the global
economic growth profoundly.
6. The
global economy's production and
consumption are dependent on the urban
infrastructures of the cities (energy,
water, sanitation, solid waste, mobility,
food). The urban infrastructure must be
planned and configured with a
sustainable resource use approach.
7. Checking
urban sprawl and implementing
land-use
regulations
to
promote
redevelopment of city areas over green field
sites.
Checking
and regulating population density
for a city-wide sustainability programme.
Providing
improved planning powers and
resources (human and material) to the
development corporations.
8. Strict
vehicle and traffic laws.
Maximum parking standards.
Discouraging
use of private motor
vehicles.
Encouraging concepts like car pooling,
etc.
Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system, cable
car system, etc.
9. Urban patterns for Sustainable
Development:
Cities
play a crucial role in creation of green
economy by bringing about fair and healthy
economic competitiveness, by being strategic in
spatial planning and planning around landscape
ecologies.
Carbon emissions along the urban population
increases resulting in climate change.
The cost of renewable energy resources has
decreased and that of the conventional non
renewable resources has increased.
10. Urban patterns for Sustainable Development:
Ways to implement green economy in cities:
Large green patches and more sustainable
development
Promotion of compact cities (show minimal
wastage of space) and planned extension of
cities (curtailing urban sprawl)
Balancing
facilities with diverse local
economic opportunities
11. Urban patterns for Sustainable Development:
Development
of network infrastructure like
the development of BRT system
Building greener environment that use
water and energy efficiently
Protection of valuable ecosystems and
biodiversity hotspots
Industries must be inspired to convert to
green industries.
12. Urban patterns for Sustainable Development:
Cities can develop green structures by
improving transport efficiency, by homogenous
population distribution, by improving energy
efficiency, by making more productive use of
services and promoting sustainable lifestyles
that are less material intensive.
To develop structural capacity for sustainable
cities, it is necessary to adopt an integrated
approach to planning at all levels of
government and all focus areas.
13. Approaches for low-carbon green city
The master plan should have the principles of
green design in the city's expansion.
A
green transportation system should be
established that encourages public transport,
pedestrian and bicycle routes, electric and bio fuel
powered vehicles and a regular check on the age
and emission quantity of the vehicles running on
the roads.
Coal should be replaced by other renewable
energy sources as it is prone to exhaustion and yet
used most widely for powering the various
industries.
15. Strengths
• Broadly popular concept, yet ignored.
• Has high impact on economic transformation as it
emphasises
on
eco-friendly
measures
of
development.
• Uses indigenous practises and knowledge resources.
Opportunities
• Opens doors for many green jobs.
• Offers a stage to show off knowledge and to get
better job prospects(in better designed cities)
16. Weaknesses
• No global definition, although UNEP defines it as,
“improved human well-being and social equity,
while significantly reducing environmental risks and
ecological scarcities.“
• Situational concept and characteristics vary
according to the area under consideration.
• It cannot grow completely due to private interest of
the people and the contradicting ideas of the city’s
leaders.
• Game of wealth versus prosperity, where the former
is generally more preferable.
17. Threats
• Poses threat to the conventional definition of
urbanism by challenging the characteristic way
of interaction of inhabitants of towns and cities
(urban areas) with the built environment.
• Changes the way resources are utilised and the
way city is run.
18.
19. Cape
Town is the second most populous city
of South Africa, after Johannesburg and is
the provincial capital and major primate city
of the country.
Cape
town is a centre for sustainability
thinking, yet complex socio-institutional
dynamics and politics are constraining it's
transition toward becoming a sustainable
city.
It
has a good track record
conservation of biodiversity.
in
the
20. Although
recognised and accepted in
national discourses, green economy is
treated as an annex to the main economy
by the South African government, it is
appreciated at provincial level.
The
City of Cape Town has identified the
green economy as a growth area, but the
economic rationale for its interest runs the
risk of overlooking the major structural
changes that are required in order to put the
city on a more sustainable path.
21. Major
energy resource of the city is coal,
making the country one of the most carbon
dioxide intensive economies in the world.
Thus, it's development plans are strongly
biased towards coal ad nuclear energy
sources, rather than renewable resources.
Spatial
distribution of land use is uneven.
High densities of residential clusters are
found to be located far from the CBD and
other economic activities.
22. Cape
Town is situated on the coast of Table
Bay so, a number of low-lying areas are
vulnerable to sea level rise.
The city faces water scarce future due to
climate change. Water quality is detoriating
and there are no alternative options for
building new dams. Desalination is an
option but with adverse affects like cost
ineffectiveness and threat to marine
ecosystems.
23. The City of Cape Town has formed an Energy and
Climate Change Sub-Committee dedicated to the
advancement of
energy
security,
carbon
mitigation, climate change adaptation, climate
resilience, communication and education.
This process is challenged by social and political
fragmentation (as the city is managed by a
different political party to the rest of the country),
fiscal conservatism (as energy sales are a source of
municipal revenue), a resistance to the signing of
power purchase agreements with renewable
energy suppliers at a national level, and lingering
perceptions of the environment as an optional
luxury rather than a necessity for human survival.
24. A
Climate
Change
Think
Tank
representing a number of high-profile
institutions and thought-leaders has been
formed, and is working on a number of
strategies to integrate sustainable
thinking into city growth plans and
translate theories into action.
26. Project Benefits
Carbon emissions*
zero
Zero waste*
zero
Water consumption 50%*
reduction
Water recycling
80%*
Mobility A fossil-fuel-free, solar-powered
personal rapid transit system*
(*Development targets)
Location
Masdar City is being constructed 17 kilometers from
the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Overall size
Masdar City will cover 6 square kilometers and will be
home to 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses. An
expected 40,000 workers will commute to the city daily.
Project partners
It is an initiative by the Government of Abu Dhabi through
Mubadala Development Company together with BioRegional,
Foster & Partners and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) UAE.
Project status
Initiated in 2008, it will take around eight years to build,
with the first phase scheduled to be complete and habitable
in 2009.
27.
Abu Dhabi is mostly desert. However, by 2009
Masdar City, a carbon-neutral city of 6 square
kilometres housing 50,000 people will be built.
The city will have net zero greenhouse gas
emissions, with no oil or gas burnt on-site.
The first phase of the development, initiated by
the Government of Abu Dhabi through Mubdala
Development Company in cooperation with
BioRegional, Foster & Partners and WWF UAE, is
scheduled to be habitable in 2009.
28.
Around 80% of water will be recycled on-site through
different mechanisms. The intention is to reuse water as
many times as possible. For instance, leftovers from
watering crops will be captured through irrigation
recovery. This mechanism works by collecting leftover
water from the top soil, after irrigation through an
underground collection system. The collected water can
then be used for other purposes.
Landscaping within the site will be irrigated with grey
water and treated waste water produced by the city’s water
treatment plant.
Through these different mechanisms, water consumption
will be reduced by over 50%, in comparison to the Abu
Dhabi baseline.
29. Solar panels and solar collectors on roofs and
elsewhere will generate enough electricity to
meet most of Masdar City’s needs. Additionally,
narrow streets and shaded walks will reduce the
need for air-conditioning and the city will be
oriented north-east to minimise the amount of
direct sunlight on buildings’ sides and windows.
As much of the construction equipments is
powered by gas, some carbon dioxide will be
released into the atmosphere during the
construction phase. This emission will be offset
by planting trees or putting surplus solar energy
back into Abu Dhabi’s national power grid.
30. All
waste in Masdar will be recycled, reused or converted to energy.
No
All
waste will go to landfill.
organic waste will be re-used as
fertilisers for landscaping or converted
into energy through digesters.
31. Private
vehicles will not be allowed in the
city.
Designers
envision an emission-free
transport system called a personal rapid
transit (PRT) system. Solar-powered cars will
run under the city like a subway system.
The cars won’t run on fixed routes but will
take their passengers directly to their
destination. PRTs represent an energyefficient way of moving people among
roughly 1,500 stations.
32. Material
needed for construction, such as
recyclable plastic, will be re-used or
recycled.
Preliminary plans are being made for
recycling the concrete used in city
buildings when the city is ultimately torn
down some time in the future.
33. The
project is supported by the global
conservation charity WWF and the
sustainability group BioRegional. In
response to the project’s commitment to
zero carbon, zero waste and other
environmentally friendly goals, WWF and
BioRegional have endorsed Masdar City
as an official ’One Planet Living®’
Community.
34. The 10 ‘One Planet Living®’ principles are:
1. Zero Carbon
2. Zero Waste
3. Sustainable Transport
4. Local and Sustainable Materials
5. Local and Sustainable Food
6. Sustainable Water
7. Natural Habitats and Wildlife
8. Culture and Heritage
9. Equity and Fair Trade
10. Health and Happiness
35. Green
economy is not about slowing economic
growth.
Involves local resources
Cost efficient and can also be included in
existing city plans and paradigms.
Green growth can be viable model for
economic growth that can trigger healthy
competition as it focuses on improving
resource productivity rather than money
making.
36.
"Green City Transition: Enabling urban areas for a green economy" by
Philipp Rode
"Sustainability in Austerity: Enhancing city resilience and boosting the green
economy by making the cuts that really matter" by Philip Monaghan
"Urban Patterns for Sustainable Development: Towards a Green Economy and
Growing Greener Cities" from uepb@unhabitat.org.
Source material for case study: Cape Town, South Africa
Presentation by Anton Cartwright, African Centre for Cities
Source material for case study: Abu Dhabi, UAE
www.masdar.ae/en/home/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7237672.stm
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90042092
www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1515/Default.aspx
www.bioregional.com/oneplanetliving/uae/masdar
www.oneplanetliving.com/index.html