An Eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining resilient structure & function of natural ecosystems. Our dream for an eco-city would be that of elimination of carbon waste, energy production entirely through renewable resources, & merging the city harmoniously with the natural environment. How to make our city more connected to the nature? The answer lies within some interconnected methods. To begin with, the advocacy of vertical gardens in Dhaka that hates being decorated with extensive use of architectural glass as a building material that snowballs temperature drastically. A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil or a substrate. They, may be indoors or outside, freestanding or attached to an existing wall, & come in a great variety of sizes. It’s a paramount & cost-effective solution to pollution. It wanes urban heat island effect & smog, cleanses outside air of pollutants & dust, cleans interior air space by removing VOCs, acts as a sound proofing barrier, insulates the building envelop, creates habitats for avifauna & insects, helps patients to recuperate through biophilia, assists children with ADHD to focus on studies. Next, the promotion of urban forestry is needed which manifests the care & management of tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Landscape architecture combining with urban forestry can provide many facilities such as scaling down storm water runoff, axing air pollution, downsizing energy costs through increased shade over buildings, enhancing property values, improving wildlife habitat, & mitigating environmental impact. Lastly, the proper evaluation & expansion of Horticulture can be a stroke of luck for us. It includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, garden design & maintenance. Garden designing in buildings, specially rooftops & corridors can bring indefinite benefits. The implications of Arboriculture, turf management, floriculture, olericulture & landscape horticulture in urban areas will demonstrate tangible improvements in economic, psychological and other outcomes, access to nature.

1. A presentation on
World Environment Day 2017
Vision Contest
Reconnecting Urban Sphere With Nature
Presented by Swarna Dey

2. An Eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-
sustaining resilient structure & function of natural
ecosystems.
Our dream for an eco-city would be that of elimination of
carbon waste, energy production entirely through renewable
resources & merging the city harmoniously with the natural
environment.
How to make our city more connected to the nature? The
answer lies within some interconnected methods.

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Green walls or
vertical Gardens
Urban
forestry
Expansion of
Horticulture
Landscape
Architecture
Garden
Designing
Waste
management
Methods to create an eco city

4. To begin with, the advocacy of vertical gardens in Dhaka that hates being decorated with
extensive use of architectural glass as a building material that snowballs temperature
drastically. A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that
includes a growing medium, such as soil or a substrate. They, may be indoors or outside,
freestanding or attached to an existing wall, & come in a great variety of sizes.

5. Next, the promotion of urban
forestry is needed which
manifests the care &
management of tree
populations in urban settings
for the purpose of improving
the urban environment.
Landscape architecture
combining with urban
forestry can provide many
facilities. It’s a paramount &
cost-effective solution to
pollution.

6. Then, the proper evaluation & expansion of Horticulture can be a stroke of luck
for us. It includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, garden design &
maintenance. Garden designing in buildings, specially rooftops & corridors can
bring indefinite benefits. The implications of Arboriculture, turf management,
floriculture, olericulture & landscape horticulture in urban areas will
demonstrate tangible improvements in economic, psychological and other
outcomes, access to nature.
Garden design
Floriculture
Olericulture
Landscape
horticulture
Arboriculture

7. After that, waste management should be addressed with Chelation
technology entwining among metal extraction, bio-degradable
wastages & non-degradable materials. These intricate tunnels
should be connected with utility ducts covering the entire city
underground & should be refrained from releasing into watery
bodies.

8. Solar
Wall
Solar
Vehicl
e
Lastly, the promotion of
solar paneled vehicles &
natural gas oriented
automobile system will add
feather to our cap for our
eco-city. Over-reliance on
fossil fuels should be
lessened; vehicle &
industrial emissions
causing environmental
hazards must be put in a
check. Then our chimera of
having an eco-city will
eventually turn into a
reality.