Problem E: Sustainable Cities Needed!
Background:
Many communities are implementing smart growth initiatives in an effort to consider long range, sustainable planning goals. “Smart growth is about helping every town and city become a more economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable place to live.”
Smart growth focuses on building cities that embrace the
E’s of sustainability—Economically prosperous, socially Equitable, and Environmentally Sustainable. This task is more important than ever because the world is rapidly urbanizing. It is projected that by 2050, 66 percent of the world’s population will be urban—this will result in a projected 2.5 billion people being added to the urban population.
Consequently, urban planning has become increasingly important and
necessary to ensure that people have access to equitable and sustainable homes, resources and jobs.
Smart growth is an urban planning theory that originated in 1990’s as a means to curb continued urban sprawl and reduce the loss of farmland surrounding urban centers. The ten principles for smart growth are 1 Mix land uses
2 Take advantage of compact building design
3 Create a range of housing opportunities and choices 4 Create walkable neighborhoods
5 Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place
6 Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas 7 Strengthen and direct development towards existing communities 8 Provide a variety of transportation choices
9 Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective
10 Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions
These broad principles must be tailored to a community’s unique needs to be effective. Thus, any measure of success must incorporate the demographics, growth needs, and geographical conditions of a city as well as the goal to adhere to the three E’s.
2017 ICM
Problem E: Sustainable Cities Needed!
Tasks:
The International City Management Group (ICM) needs your help implementing smart growth theories into city design around the world. Select two mid-sized cities (any city with a population of between 100,000 and 500,000 persons), on two different continents.
1. Define a metric to measure the success of smart growth of a city. It should consider the three E’s of sustainability and/or the 10 principles of smart growth.
2. Research the current growth plan of the selected cities. Measure and discuss how the current growth plan of each city meets the smart growth principles. How successful are the current plans according to your metric?
3. Using smart growth principles develop a growth plan for both cities over the next few decades. Support why you chose the components and initiatives of your plans based on the geography, expected growth rates, and economic
opportunities of your cities. Use your metric to evaluate the success of your smart growth plans.
4. Also using your metric, rank the individual initiatives within your redesigned smart growth plan as the most potential to the least potential. Compare and contrast the initiatives and their ranking between the two cities.
5. Suppose the population of each city will increase by an additional 50% by 2050, explain in what way(s) your plan supports this level of growth?
Your ICM submission should consist of a 1 page Summary Sheet and your solution cannot exceed 20 pages for a maximum of 21 pages. Note: The appendix and references do not count toward the 20 page limit. References:
[1] Smart Growth: Improving lives by improving communities. https://smartgrowthamerica.org/
[2] EPA, “This is Smart Growth.” 2016
https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-publication [3] World Urbanization Prospects. United Nations. 2014.
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2014-Highlights.pdf
[4] EPA, “Smart Growth: A Guide to Developing and Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reductions Programs.” 2011.
http://www.sustainablecitiesinstitute.org/Documents/SCI/Report_Guide/Guide_E PA_SmartGrowthGHGReduction_2011.pdf
[5] Duany, Andres, Jeff Speck and Mike Lydon. The Smart Growth Manual. McGraw-Hill. 2010.
问题E：需要可持续城市！ 背景：
许多社区正在实施智能增长计划，以努力考虑 远程，可持续规划目标。“聪明的成长是关于帮助每个城镇和 城市变得更加经济繁荣，社会公平和环境 可持续的住地“。
智能增长的重点是建设拥抱城市 经济繁荣，社会公平和环境
可持续。这个任务比以往任何时候都重要，因为世界是快速的 城市化。预计到2050年，世界人口的66％将成为 城市 - 这将导致预计25亿人被添加到城市 人口。
因此，城市规划变得越来越重要
以确保人们能够获得公平和可持续的住房， 资源和工作。
智能增长是一种城市规划理论，始于1990年代作为遏制的手段 继续城市扩张，减少城市中心周围农田的损失。的 智能增长的十大原则 1混合土地利用
2利用紧凑的建筑设计
3创造一系列住房机会和选择 4创建可步行的社区
5培养独特的，有吸引力的社区，具有强烈的地方感 6保留开放空间，农田，自然美景和关键环境区域 7加强和指导现有社区的发展 8提供多种交通选择
9使开发决策具有可预测性，公平性和成本效益 10鼓励社区和利益相关者在发展决策中进行合作
这些广泛的原则必须适应社区的独特需求，才能有效。 因此，任何成功的衡量必须包括人口统计，增长需求，和 一个城市的地理条件以及坚持三个E的目标。
2017 ICM
问题E：需要可持续城市！
任务：
国际城市管理集团（ICM）需要您帮助实施智能
成长理论成为世界各地的城市设计。选择两个中型城市（任何城市 人口在10万和50万人之间），两个不同 大陆。
1.定义衡量城市智能增长成功率的指标。这应该 考虑可持续性的三个E和/或智能增长的十项原则。 2.研究选定城市的当前增长计划。测量和讨论
每个城市当前的增长计划如何满足智能增长原则。怎么样 成功是根据您的指标的当前计划？
3.使用智能增长原则制定下两个城市的增长计划 几十年。支持您选择您的组件和计划的原因 基于地理，预期增长率和经济的计划
你的城市的机会。使用您的指标来评估您的成功 智能增长计划。
4.也使用您的指标，对您重新设计的智能中的个人计划排名 生长计划作为最具潜力的潜力最小。比较和对比 这些倡议和它们在两个城市之间的排名。 假设每个城市的人口将在2050年增加50％
解释你的计划以什么方式支持这种水平的增长？
您的ICM提交应包含1页的摘要表，您的解决方案不能 超过20页，最多21页。注意：附录和引用不计 向20页的限制。
2017年建模美赛E题带翻译
