Cen XJTLU UPD402-2223-S2-Sustainable Urban Planning Strategies
For coursework 2. individual report, you are asked to develop a specific Action Plan to realize the green growth opportunities that you have identified. You can focus one or two green growth opportunities among what your group have identified.In the action plan, you need to: (1) set up a ?vision? for the city (2) identify specific ?evolutionary solutions? based on the green growth opportunities you chose and (3) evaluate the solutions based on a specific framework (you will learn the evaluation framework during week 11). In Conclusion, you should critically reflect ?how the planning, design, and construction of the city will be different from now?. You must provide specific evidence to support your action plan, referring to varied sources (e.g. journal articles, official statistics). The action plan should be specific, practical, and time-bound.Structure and contents of the reportThe report should be a logical presentation of information and evidences to support your ideas. The structure and contents of the report can be as follows:1. Title of the action plan2. Highlights of the action plan (as an Executive Summary, 5 bullet points)3. Table of contents (Numbers/ lists all section and subsection headings with page numbers)4. Contenta.Brief on key sustainability issues (refer to CW1)b.Vision statement (a brief description of a city?s long-term goal) * This should not be over general (over-general title can be sustainable transport system). The title should already hint the ideas underlying your evolutionary solution. c.Evolutionary solutions with support of technology and innovation (Identify ?specific? short-term and long-term solutions, based on green growth opportunities you chose, to tackle the key issues defined)-Theory/principle/application of the solutions you develop *you should refer to academic literature-Comprehensive explanation of how these solutions will contribute to solving the sustainability issues you identified, using scientific evidence; and-Specific role design of different actors (choose 3 disciplines among urban planning, urban design, sustainable construction, entrepreneurship, and sustainable energy technology)d.Evaluation of the solutions -Criteria, indicators to be used to evaluate projects (you will learn during week11); and-Identifying positive and negative effects (areas to improve) of the solutions, using the frameworke.Conclusion f.ReferencesAppendix if necessary A concise report supported by effective tables, figures etc. is much better than lengthy report with few or ineffective illustrations.You must cite your works in a Harvard style referencing format.
