Monday, September 21, 2015

Developing Sustainable Infrastructure in New Cities

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Summary:
In the article, “Developing Sustainable Infrastructure in New Cities”, Cho (2014) states that sustainability needs to be ranked first. The author mentions that “Envision Sustainability Rating System” is designed to monitor the performance of an infrastructure through the ability, flexibility and the usefulness to last from a present project. The writer states that both Mexico and Peru uses sustainable techniques to construct their highways which has served the community well by overcoming these challenges such as “rising energy prices, water shortages, traffic congestions and etc.”, in rapid urbanization. Lastly, the author hopes that new cities around the world will use these guidelines to strategize their new infrastructures.

2 comments:

  1. I am able to understand that the main focus of your summary is sustainability. There is a further elaboration that sustainability system manage to overcome challenges in Mexico and Peru. Finally you have linked your focus back to the author which executed your summary smoothly.

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  2. The whole summary is very clear cut and you stated examples. You also shows the importance of having sustainable infrastructure in order to overcome challenges. I think you could further elaborate that having sustainable infrastructure not only overcome challenges, it boosts the economy as well.

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