Sunday, February 12, 2012

Urban Ecology 'On-The-Real'

We now live in a place where we 3 out of 5 people will be living in urban cities by 2030, according to the BBC, even faster if we take other factors into consideration. Our rapid growth towards urban living poses a threat to our environment and could have a negative affect on our ability to live in a sustainable manner. If we do not change the way that we are living or assess the rapid growth of urban cities, all of our resources will be gone and we will have to dramatic action that is not good for our country.
Addressing the issues in each major city and know the issues is something that we have to figure out soon, in order to change our urban ecology. I have no doubt that we will be in cities where we share cars and other means transportation to get around; its just part of the cycle. The thing we have to figure out, is how do we make sustainable and green and environmentally- friendly. I think if we can answer those question, we will have better chance at be successful. 
There are techniques out there that can study the needs and wants for certain urban setting; not all urban settings are alike. There is an organization that is call BMW Guggenheim Lab that does this kind of studies. They would go to an urban area and setup a small, modern-looking temporary structure that is both a think-tank and community Centre, designed to identify and solve urban problems.
Living in such urban settings, I think, will be more benefical to people a lot more than we think. The idea of having everything in walking-distance of each other is going the ultimate goal and understanding how to setup such infrastructure sustainably, is what will make successful urban living.
New York 'urban lab' seeks to solve city-style problems

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