Urban site plan
The fundamental purpose of urban design is to provide a basic structure to guide the development of citizens. Majority of humanity is now urbanized, stemming from slums, they have evolved and some even expanded into megacities. Many new cities have dismal aggregations of sweatshop factories and densely populated residential buildings.There are many problems that have aroused. The most threatening of these problems are found in modernity. There have been many warnings of problems for the food supply and security in the future. I think it’s obvious that this is a major problem, food scarcity. However, with today’s technology, it can be resolved. Combining rural and modern settlements together to utilize the land for agriculture to provide food.
Global population has been projected to reach 9 to 10 billion; however, this is population cap. It is even predicted to dwindle. As women become educated, the population in those areas has stabilized. Birth rates have even known to drop below replacement levels for some countries. Likelihood of population pressure seems to be short term. As humans evolve, we jump from wanting to conquer nature to wanting to seek symbiosis with nature instead. This is a crucial step to sustainability.
The challenges of sustainability will further influence urban planning and its design. It has already taken effect in the advocacy for the compact city. A dense city with mixed use neighbourhoods, thus encouraging walking, lessening the need to commute and make public transport feasible. Use of planting leads to improved microclimates. This is achieved through the channeling of cool breezes and excluding gusty downdraughts.
Urban design goes deeper and further than frameworks or places and locations. It gives cues to which architecture responds to accordingly. However, many architects do not follow these subtle cues as they may follow their own visions. Thus, guidelines are set to be complied with.
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