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Originally posted by: Duke87 Originally posted by: bwong City planning also looks for the well being of the people in the city,quote> Which has nothing to do with sustainability.quote> well being has everything to do with sustainability.u cannot divorce socio-cultural aspects from planning n viceversa.architecture,urban planning affect social-cultural life of citizens,in some aspects it determines them.so one cannot look at the density versus congestion alone.the social life aspect has to be considered.if the urban planning solution is one that achieves density without congestion that is fine,but if the quality of social life is lost,or the result is a deterioration of cultural values n norms of the society being planned for(coz most planning is doing in existing communities..unless its a utopia)..then it has achieved nothing.if the aim of sustainability is to improve then it doesnt matter how beautiful or well articulated the urban spaces or buildings are-what matters is the improvement in the life of the people in the city.which isnt a matter of congestion or density alone.one simply has to consider both sustaining the environment and the people-and with people what matters most is their economic sustainability and their cultural/religious/social life.and u find that in many aspects the social life is determined by the integrativeness of the society which is greatly determined through planning.social interactivenes boosts to security/defensible spaces,as opposed to anonymity characterised neighbourhoods which boost crime.some societies need police stations,some need gates wt security men,some just need defensible spaces.thts why most neighbourhoods fail,coz theyr designed/planned for wt ppl who knw little of the social life of the communities theyr designing for,nor do they consider them in their decisionmaking.so wen things fail they blame people-but in essence,u have to understand a peoples social life for u to improve it,u hv to listen n know thr needs,study their ways not design as if ur from mars.the same way architect have to understand a clients needs to design well a biulding for him,the urban planner has to understand the society's needs to b able to know not just what they need but why they need it as well.it has never been a question of figures and statistics,its always been abt quality of life

ive managed 2 get worldmachine 2.2,photoshop,and the map editor.but m havn a terrible tym getn the damn video tutorial frm uploaded.to site.it downloads then stops,then starts again,thne stops.has wasted my precious hrs tryn to get it.can someone pls upload it to youtube?is it just me or is smthn wrong with the link?

im a student of architecture seeking to simulate the existing n future of mombasa island (http://maps.google.co.ke/maps?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&q=mombasa+island+google+maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Mombasa+Island&gl=ke&ei=SnkQTaTvKci48gPby-iGBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ8gEwAA) its not a difficult terrain,compared to most ive seen been shared here.im amazed i dnt knw of sim city n simtrolis before if i had played this a long tym ago id hv been way ahead in learning it.so im asking for ur help.anyone who can do it please assist i'll try to do it myself wt the tutorials i hv so far(wt the microdem n GE) but i knw ill take alot of tym.if sm1 cud help i wd really appreciate.tnx, D.

im a student of architecture seeking to simulate the existing n future of mombasa island (http://maps.google.co.ke/maps?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&q=mombasa+island+google+maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Mombasa+Island&gl=ke&ei=SnkQTaTvKci48gPby-iGBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ8gEwAA) its not a difficult terrain,compared to most ive seen been shared here.im amazed i dnt knw of sim city n simtrolis before if i had played this a long tym ago id hv been way ahead in learning it.so im asking for ur help.anyone who can do it please assist i'll try to do it myself wt the tutorials i hv so far(wt the microdem n GE) but i knw ill take alot of tym.if sm1 cud help i wd really appreciate.tnx, D.