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Most humans continue to live in villages, towns and cities
of a bygone era compromised by over development. In the meantime, there have
been huge changes in technology, life styles and human aspirations over the
last few decades. It goes without saying that existing designs are not optimal
for future lifestyles. Therefore, whenever a new city, town or village is established a
completely fresh approach is required.
One of the considerations required in future settlements is
the ability to be able to connect to information highways of the world, not
just cities but all human settlements that include villages. Further while
villages would like to avail of services that are available in urban areas, new
towns and cities would like to avail of green spaces that are available in
rural areas. The new cities of the future have to be both smart and green,
while new rural areas have to be smart as well.
It is also necessary to configure future layouts of settlements
so that they are eminently suited for public transportation, minimal commuting
and the possibility of installing individual solar photo voltaic systems linked
to a grid that makes up for short falls or sucks in surpluses.
With an increased human population, it is imperative that
while green areas are integrated within human settlements, they are put to
productive agricultural and horticultural use. Thus while it is not practical
and economical to have a wheat farm or diary within a city, it will be shown
that it is perfectly feasible and even economical to have orchard and vegetable
farming spaces integrated within a city. It goes without saying that urban sewerage and other waste would be utilized in the farms and the non-compost, non- recyclable waste will be incinerated on the outskirts for thermal power to add to the grid
Another critical consideration for future settlements is the
proper recycling of waste water and collection of rain water.
That is how nature has been doing it for millions of years. Humans just need to add to the process, not change it. Thus the existence of water bodies in and around cities and villages is a need of the times and combining it with blue water fish farming is also a natural addition that aids appropriate natural processes.
Very sadly some engineers lacking in full technical knowledge of the process have proposed rain water harvesting systems in cities that harm rather than benefit mankind. Some of these harmful practices have even been worked into city regulations by unsuspecting politicians. They propose collecting and directing rain water through bore holes into ground. This is the quickest way to destroy available drinking water supplies for mankind because in this method surface pollution is added to sub soil water, thereby destroying its potable quality.
The proper way to store rain water is in surface ponds and lakes so that it percolates slowly and naturally into ground, whereby through both bacterial action and ground filtration, it converts into potable sub soil water which may then be pumped out and used as potable water with minimal treatment.
That is how nature has been doing it for millions of years. Humans just need to add to the process, not change it. Thus the existence of water bodies in and around cities and villages is a need of the times and combining it with blue water fish farming is also a natural addition that aids appropriate natural processes.
What might be the layout of such new cities towns and
villages of the future? This author has worked on such layouts over
the past three years and some of the links to this work are given below:
Urban Layouts
Town Layouts
Rural Layouts
The New Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi has envisioned
such smart cities and villages already and a link of this blog post shall be
communicated to him as a voluntary contribution for India by this blogger. However
these designs have applications all over the world and whereas advanced
countries would benefit from the town design (Its link has been communicated to
the US
speaker John Boehner already as a job creation measure) developing countries
would benefit more from the urban and rural design. (This author has received education,
lived and practiced his technical profession in both the developed and developing
world aside from the intermediate world of Middle East.)
Related References:
Redevelopment of an existing backward village is explained
through medium of fiction in a novella here
Development of a hill town around a lake is explained
through medium of fiction in a book here
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