EPSRC Dongtan Sustainable City Networks: Coordination Framework - 2

今天，许多发达国家正在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型社区或一个城市是值得赞扬的。在中国，这样一个城市的发展正在成为现实，世界上第一个可持续发展城市东滩的综合总体规划最近启动。东滩位于中国第三大岛崇明岛上，靠近上海，在长江口。该岛目前由大面积的农业用地组成。上海市政府正计划把崇明岛建成生态岛，把东滩建成生态友好型示范区。东滩面积为曼哈顿的四分之三，将在630公顷的土地上开发成为一座可持续发展的城市，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提供了一个无与伦比的机会，可以研究和捕捉发展的各个方面，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、奥雅纳和他们的中国合作伙伴组织的一次研讨会（2006年11月）已经形成了专门的网络，旨在开始研究、信息采集过程和建立适当的研究计划，以实现东滩生态城市发展的最可持续方法。这三个网络旨在学习东滩的经验，允许和促进中英合作者之间的知识网络如下：（a）城市历史和多尺度空间总体规划，（B）网络调查可持续的经济和生态模式的周边城市和（c）可持续的城市系统，以转移可持续的实施网络资源和基础设施系统的发展。除了这些网络之外，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。本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.