SET721 :Sustainable Engineering-Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Report Assignment

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Report Writing Assignment:

Description: The pressure on cities to meet the needs of their inhabitants is increasing. At the same time,population, economic and pressure from other needs is increasing the demand on available resources. There are a number of cities which are looking to the future and are accepting that they need to become sustainable cities. While many are looking towards a 50 year future, some cities are recognising that they will need to look beyond this to setting up a sustainable infrastructure and plan which will provide resilience in the future.You are working with a group of consulting engineers to develop integrated, sustainable infrastructure to meet the needs of a city for the future, mainly for the next 50 years but also recognising ongoing future requirements. The key areas of concern are water, energy, transportation and communication. Question: 1.Integrated Sustainable Infrastructure System Report.   2.Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Report Select a city with a population of approximately a million inhabitants.Your team is to identify the factors which will influence the supply of resources for the future.For each of these factors, you need to consider, as an engineer, how the trends in these factors has led to the current city characteristics and how they may change into the future. The objective of this assessment is therefore to identify the basic and underlying factors which will influence and affect sustainability of the city for the future. The timeframe is defined as to 205o but, as a sustainability engineer, you will need to ensure that your thinking recognises the long term future of your city. Clearly define your city, city limits and the scope of your assessment. You will need to recognise the boundaries but, equally, you need to recognise cross boundary requirements for good, resources and businesses and broader governance issues such as regional and national government as well as treaties and agreements. Finally you will need to develop a brief methodology for each of you to follow in developing integrated infrastructure systems which will provide the foundation for a sustainable city. Use properly labelled and referenced graphs, tables and figures to effectively present your data. The final assignment is to develop an integrated sustainability plan for your assigned infrastructure system.