Our group meeting failed today, and so because I had a few hours to kill and I was already at uni I decided to bit more research in the library on urban design and future cities... and what other designers are envisioning and also to get some ideas on presentation and urban design diagramming techniques.
One pretty cool website I found was called "Megacities on the Move" which "sets out to find solutions sets out to find solutions to one of the biggest challenges – how billions of city-dwellers can access what they need without putting intolerable strains on the planet. It focuses on how to achieve sustainable urban mobility, looking at all the ways in which people will access goods, services and information and make contact with each other."
They created four scenarios which are displayed and summarised briefly below:
1) Planned-opolis
In a world of fossil fuels and expensive energy, the only solution is tightly planned and controlled urban transport.
2) Communi-city:
The world has turned to alternative energy, and transport is highly personalised with a huge variety of transport modes competing for road space.
3) Renew-abad:
The world has turned to alternative energy and high-tech, clean, well-planned transport helps everyone get around.
4) Sprawl-ville:
The city is dominated by fossil fuel-powered cars.The elite still gets around, but most urban dwellers face poor transport infrastructure.
One pretty cool website I found was called "Megacities on the Move" which "sets out to find solutions sets out to find solutions to one of the biggest challenges – how billions of city-dwellers can access what they need without putting intolerable strains on the planet. It focuses on how to achieve sustainable urban mobility, looking at all the ways in which people will access goods, services and information and make contact with each other."
They created four scenarios which are displayed and summarised briefly below:
1) Planned-opolis
In a world of fossil fuels and expensive energy, the only solution is tightly planned and controlled urban transport.
2) Communi-city:
The world has turned to alternative energy, and transport is highly personalised with a huge variety of transport modes competing for road space.
3) Renew-abad:
The world has turned to alternative energy and high-tech, clean, well-planned transport helps everyone get around.
4) Sprawl-ville:
The city is dominated by fossil fuel-powered cars.The elite still gets around, but most urban dwellers face poor transport infrastructure.
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