1. FUTURE CITIES
ENSURING WORLD CLASS CIVIC AMENITIES IN URBAN
INDIA
• TEAM DETAILS
1> TEAM NAME
SANKALP
2> TEAM MEMBERS
<i> ENAYATUL HAQUE
<ii> SWAGATAM CHAKRABORTI
<iii> ARITRO BANERJEE
<iv> JIT KAMDAR
<v> HARSH JOHARI
3. Need Fulfillment
Macro Need
Fulfillment
Micro Need
Fulfillment
Country
Zone
State
Region
City
Locality
A Single Home
Macro
Micro
The aim of this approach would be to
enable the masses to shift from macro
need fulfillment to micro need
fulfillment, as much as possible.
A simple procedure would
be to try and have as many
needs of a single home
fulfilled on each level and
to carry minimum number
of requisites to the next
level.
4. A
Single House should be
made capable of
Generating some amount
of electricity
Use Rain Water
Harvesting coupled with
filtration techniques to
generate potable water
Generate small amount of
food using small
“Kitchen gardens”
The Idea is to provide cheap sustainable technology
to the masses to empower them to meet a part of
their own demands. This should be central to the idea
of the establishment of a Future City.
Steps to be taken:-
Provide Appropriate Tech at affordable
prices for the masses to be able to
harvest renewable sources of energy and
rain water at the same time.
Spread Awareness about Long terms
gains on such investments
Engineer properly foolproof designs to
implement on large scales
Upgrade Transmission Lines and Check
pilferage to increase efficiency of old
energy generation processes
Establish a network for flow in and out of
electricity and harvested water from
homes to a local reservoir-Like Andhra
Pradesh Solar Power Schemes
Electricity/Energy and Micro need fulfillment at home level
Outline of Scheme
1)Power generated should be used by that house.surplus
power to be turned over to the grid,in return,power credit to
be given
2)Power credit used to buy power in times of low solar
power generation/higher needs.
3)Wind power to be factored in and used with time
5. In 2006 between the domestic, agricultural, and industrial sectors, India used
approximately 829 billion cubic meters of water every year, which is approximately the
size of Lake Erie. By 2050 demand is expected to double and consequently exceed the
1.4 trillion cubic meters of supply. Thus Future Cities should be equipped to deal
with water demands of this stature.
Reduce
•Reduce use of water
at micro
levels,through
National Awareness
Programmes
•Reduce wastage of
water, through
awareness and
technical
upgradation.
Reuse
•Install Local Water
Treatment Plants to
reuse water from
local
sources/Rainwater
•Install Regional
Treatment plants,to
purify waste water
from industries
etc.,for
domestic/agricultural
uses
Harvest
•Implement Schemes
for nationwide
household water
harvesting,
analogous to MNRE
Solar City
Programme
•Implement Water
credit Schemes,
analogous to solar
power credit
schemes
International Approach For Future Water Management
1)Desalinisation Plants-1 in every 2 people live near a coast so desalinisation
plants make for a great way of potable water generation.National Level Research
should be funded to find cheap,and sustainable processes of desalinisation
2)Water Market-saving just 5-10% of agricultural irrigation in upstream
watersheds could satisfy a city’s entire water needs .Farmers should profit from
the water they save(to motivate them)by being able to “sell” it in one way or the
other. Governments should help establish Water Markets like in Murray-Darling
Basin,Australia. Or Deals between irrigation regions and cities.
Potable Water
Micro-Level Water Governance
For Future Cities
1) Community outreach program
to involve people for water
conservation.eg-San Antonio
Water System’s Program
2)Government sponsored
incentives, free consultation, and
rebates for citizens to conserve
water
3)Water Treaties with local
farmers, motivating them with
benefits and/or financial
assistance in lieu of water
conservation on their part. This
water is an excellent local water
resource
4)Setting up of Government
Institutes for
Agricultural/Irrigational water
conservation technology.
6. Mobility
By 2050, India will add another 497 million to
its urban population, and the estimated transit
demand by 2021 is likely to increase by over
2½ times. These estimates lay bare glaring
deficits in the current level of public transport.
Inadequate and inefficient transport
infrastructure will prevent the economy from
realizing its full growth potential, and increase
the cost of transport.
Forming the National Urban Transport Finance
Corporation(NUTFC), which would be a non-banking
financial institution(NBFC) formed for providing loans to
mass transit agencies
Engineering New-Age Public Transport systems using high
rise Mono rail systems, Underground Metrorail,and
efficient surface transport network(Preferrably e-
transport)
Providing subsidies on owning and maintaining e-cars.
Funding Research for public e-transport.
Conversion of all Government and Public Transport
vehicles to electric car forms by a fixed time frame
Providing incentives to companies following “Walk to
work”priniciple wherein companies give accomodation to
employees within walking distance of the office
Aerospace
LandWater
Future Integrated Transport
System
1)Reduce demand for
transport using “virtual
transport”-
Telecommunication,E-
commerce etc.
Improve efficiency
Set-up institutions to monitor
and regulate Future Transport
2)Provide for seamless and
high quality intermodal
transport-sea to rail, land to
air etc. Fine-tune use of all
modes to achieve efficient and
time saving transport
techniques
3)Provide funding for and set
up organizations to create
quiet,clean,environment
friendly,highly efficient and
safe modes of transport.
4)Creation of National Vision
For Transport 2050 and
Nationwide Infrastructure to
improve future transport
7. Security-With a 212% increase in
total cognizable crimes in India
from 1953 to 2006,security will be
a major factor that will decide the
form of our future cities
Year
Total
cog.
crimes
under
IPC
Murder
Kidnap
ping
Robber
y
Theft
Burglar
y
1953
6,01,96
4
9,802 5,261 8,407
147,37
9
20,529
2006
18,78,2
93
32,481 23,991 18,456 91,666 56,641
%
Change
in 2006
over
1953
212.0 231.0 356.0 120.0 −38.0 176.0
Current Security Concerns
• Shortage of 0.5 million police
officials
• MIT Research shows lack of trust
on Indian police
• Outdated
equipment/infrastructure
• Inefficient crime punishment
procedure ,increasing pending
cases
• Inept crime prevention system
Security Measures For Future cities
Procurement and Installation of CCTV cameras, wherever
feasible. Setting-up of special control rooms to monitor such
CCTVs
Setting up of National Police Training Institutes and Police
Watchdog organizations in major cities, to train and monitor
police personnel respectively
Restructure National Police training to include formal
education of appropriate level, and sensitization courses to
create sensible. Trained and educated officers.
Revise pay for the police forces, and create funds for
infrastructure and equipment, to bring pride into police
services
Train Local Personnel to act as ad-hoc security officials for
each locailty, ensuring constant surveillance in each area
Increase Patrols in selected places across cities
Induction of region specific Helpline numbers for speedy
response
8. Primary education
The Program for International Student
Assessment (PISA) ranks India almost at the
bottom of the pack in terms of math and
English literacy. This, according to its test, is
attributed to the “lack of application-oriented
math in schools". Future Cities will need to
address the demand for uniform high quality
education across all cities
Problems
•Low scores on PISA
indicate wrong methods of
learning/incomplete
concepts
•99 percent of the 7.95 lakh
teachers who appeared for
the latest Central Teacher
Eligibility Test, a
benchmark for teacher
eligibility, failed to clear
the exam. This is largely
due to the outdated B.Ed
degree system.
•Lack of Quality Education
institutions in every city
Solutions
•Formation of Centralized
testing institutions to test
students across all cities
and across all boards of
education
•Establishment of National
Teacher Training
institutions with branches
in every state, to ensure
quality training of teachers
•Proper implementations of
RTE coupled with
expanding current schools
to accommodate more
students
Employment
By 2030, India will be the country which will have the
largest working age population in the world and
possibly the youngest population
too. Unemployment rate in India has increased. It is
2% in rural areas and 3% in urban India.
The unemployment rate per 1,000 population is at 27,
while it was 25 two years ago. As on January 1, 2010,
the number of unemployed was 9.8 million. By
January 1, 2012, it has increased to 10.8 million.
Future Cities: Provision for Employment
within one’s city
A second energy revolution in India,(for
renewable energy)could generate 1.5 million
jobs according to a report by Greenpeace
India. Keeping this in mind, Future cities
should exploit all possible renewable sources
of energy in/around the city to generate
employment
Generation of Region specific jobs.
Setting up of local Employment agencies to
help people search for appropriate jobs
Preferential employment of locals for ad-hoc
local projects to save time and money
9. Healthcare-With a staggering population to
handle, Future Cities should be well equipped
to keep their residents healthy
Establishment of
State-of-the-Art
Hospitals in all
major cities
Establishment of
Local Emergency
Helpline numbers
for speedy
response
Ingenious location
of hospital,
central to a city,
for easy
serviceability and
reachability
Deployment of
Eminent Doctors
in each city using
a centralized
deployment
scheme
Access to health and
social services
Clean ,green areas
for exercise, leisure
Public Sports
complex/stadium
Recreational
facilities
Agencies to check
intra city pollution
Food-By 2050,India’s Population will be 1.69 billion, whilst China’s will be 1.31 billion. This gives
reason for Future Cities to try to be as much self sufficient in terms of food, as possible.
Food security solutions for Future Cities
1)Convert wasteland near Cities to farmland to meet the city’s specific demands
2)Encourage “Kitchen Gardens” and “Urban Farming” methods, to generate small amounts of food.
3)Sustainable Development-Conversion of valuable farmland to urban sprawls should be stopped. Shelter for the
growing population should not be at the cost of Food Dependency
10. Maintenance
Park
Maintenance
Street
Maintenance
Storm Drain
System
Maintenance
Fleet/Equipment
Maintenance
Hygiene/
Maintenance
Future cities: Maintenance and Hygiene
1)The City Municipal Authorities should have specialized
departments catering to each of the above needs of a city’s
maintenance
2)Design and planning should be done by able engineers and
architects. Cues may be taken from the Indus Valley
Civilizations wherein the roads where designed along the
natural direction of winds, so that the roads would be swept
clean by the winds
3)Cities should have a separate Hygiene Evaluation department
which would oversee the work of all other organizations with
respect to the city’s hygiene
Specialized Departments
Park Maintenance-The Park
Maintenance section's primary
mission is the maintenance of the
City's park and open space assets.
Like-litter removal, restroom
maintenance, turf management,
landscape maintenance, tree
maintenance, irrigation system
maintenance.
Street Maintenance
The Street Maintenance Section's
primary mission is the maintenance
of the City's transportation assets.
Year-round activities include a
street sweeping, sign maintenance
and installation, inclement weather
response, community event support
Storm Drain Maintenance-Should be
a dynamic department whose main
aim would be to keep a city’s roads
from getting flooded.
Fleet/Equipment Maintenance-The
main aim of this department would
be to maintain the vehicle
fleet/equipment of the city
maintenance departments and the
like. It's scope can be widened to
maintain public transport vehicles.
11. Communication-Future Cities should be prepared to cater to the communication
needs of a huge population. Effective Communication would ease transport burden
due to “Virtual Transport” Capabilities
Steps
• Establishment of city wide Wi-Fi Networks
to enable internet access for all, analogous
to the MIT Roofnet program
• Establishment of Government
Videocommunication services at
prominent locations in the city,analogous
to Cisco’s Video communication Services
Benefits
• Cheap internet access for all can also earn
valuable revenue for the Government
• Wi-Fi Connectivity everywhere.
• Would help to curb unnecessary transport
due to high quality video interface
solutions for business/enterprise works
Communication
Internet
Wired Phones
Video
communication
Cellular phones
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