Task #6 Cool Cities

According to the video about the Cool Cities we have watched:


Some problems have been associated with the economic development since the start of the industiral revolution and the video I watched has mentioned three of them:
a) Population growth.

b) Traffic congestion.

c) Carbon emissions.

We humans would need another earth if we do not solve these problems and another earth is something impossible.

The amount we need to decrease the carbon dioxide emitted into the air to live within the capacity of a single earth is by 1 half.

During the last 30 years GDP ( Gross Domestic Product ) has gone up 100 % in Japan while the energy efficiency has increased 37 % and the oil consumption has decreased 8%.

90 percent of carbon dioxide emitted into the air comes from
1-Buildings
2-Transportation

Cool City is an environmental green city that is built by SDCJ, a group of Japanese companies. This Cool City has minimal CO2 emissions.

The three types of transportation that will be used in Cool City are light transit rail/monorail; solar water taxis; hybrid cars.

The three various zones in the city are
1)Business
2)Commercial /Cultural
3)Residential
There are also some techniques that will reduce heat: Waterways; Rooftop membranes; Tree-planting.
The expected CO2 reductions for the two types of buildings Eco towers – 50 %; eco-residences-30%

The overall percentage of reduction of CO2 emissions claimed in the video is 60 %.

How practical/ realistic is the video?

In my opinion living in cool cities is important and UAE should be a part of it since it is hot from the CO2 emmisions and let's not forget that the UAE has the highest carboon footprint in the world. This will require a lot of change in the lifestyle and cultural attitudes.