EPSRC Dongtan Sustainable City Networks: Coordination Framework - 2

今天，许多发达国家都将可持续发展作为其发展政策的核心。将可持续发展原则应用于一个大社区或一个城市是值得称赞的。在中国，这样的城市的发展正在成为现实，世界上第一个可持续城市/东滩的综合总体规划最近启动了。东滩位于崇明岛上，崇明岛是中国的第三大岛，靠近上海，位于长江入海口。该岛目前由大片土地组成，主要是农业用地。上海市政府正计划将崇明岛打造成生态岛，将东滩打造成生态友好区的典范。东滩的面积相当于曼哈顿的四分之三，将在630公顷的土地上作为一个可持续发展的城市进行开发，以吸引一系列商业和休闲投资。发展这样一个可持续城市的方案为研究和掌握发展的所有方面提供了一个无与伦比的机会，包括：咨询、规划和设计阶段以及这样一个项目的实施阶段。最近由EPSRC、奥雅纳及其中国合作伙伴组织的一次研讨会(2006年11月)导致形成了特定的网络，旨在开始研究、信息捕获过程并建立适当的研究计划，以实现东滩生态城发展的最可持续方法。这三个网络旨在借鉴东滩的经验，允许和促进中英两国合作者之间的知识联网：(A)城市历史和多尺度空间总体规划，(B)调查周边城市的可持续经济和生态模式，(C)可持续城市系统，以转移可实现的实施网络资源和基础设施系统发展。除网络外，讲习班还建立了一个独立于四个网络的协调框架。协调框架的主要目的是将已确定的网络联系在一起。该提案主要涉及协调框架小组的设立、框架的目标和活动及其供资情况。

Today, many advanced countries are positioning themselves to have Sustainable Development (SD) at the heart of their developmental policies. Applying SD principals to a large community or perhaps a city is to be commended. In China, the development of such a city is becoming a reality and an integrated master planning for the world's first sustainable city / Dongtan - was launched recently. Dongtan is situated on Chongming Island, the third largest island in China, near Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The island currently consists of a large area of mostly agricultural land. The Shanghai Municipal Government is planning to turn Chongming Island into an eco-island, and Dongtan as a model eco-friendly area. At three quarters the size of Manhattan, Dongtan will be developed on 630 hectares of land as a sustainable city to attract a range of commercial and leisure investments. A programme to develop such a sustainable city presents an unsurpassed opportunity to study and capture all aspects of the development including: the consultation, planning and design stages and the implementation phases of such a project. A recent workshop (Nov 2006) organised by EPSRC, Arup and their Chinese partners has resulted in the formation of specific networks that aim to begin research studies, information capture processes and establish appropriate research programmes that will achieve the most sustainable approaches for the Dongtan eco city development. The three networks which aim to learn from the Dongtan experience, allow and facilitate knowledge networking between Chinese and UK collaborators are as follows: (a) City History and Multi-scale Spatial Master-planning, (b) Network to Investigate Sustainable Economic and Ecological models of Peripheral Urban and (c) Sustainable Urban Systems to Transfer Achievable Implementation Network Resources and Infrastructure Systems Development. In addition to the networks, the workshop also established a Coordination Framework which is independent of the four networks. The main purpose of the coordinating framework is to draw and tie the identified networks together. This proposal deals mainly with the establishment of the coordinating framework group , the objectives and activities of the framework and its funding profile.