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Written by Brandt Melick, Tom Laird and Mike Engelmann
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
 The 2007 Oregon Legislative Assembly passed House Bill 3337 requiring
the Cities of Springfield and Eugene to establish separate Urban Growth
Boundaries (UGBs) by December 31, 2009. Facing budget cuts, staff reductions and ever-increasing demands for
geospatial services, the City of Springfield, Oregon, automated complex
procedures while supporting citywide urban analysis, and accomplished the task ahead of time and under budget.
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Complex
problems need integrated and coordinated solutions. Globalisation and
sustainable development are the biggest challenges that we need to
face and solve. Territories, regions, cities and towns with different levels
of development have similar problems, especially when policies and
strategies are converging. However, small and medium size cities do not have similar avenues for comunicating with the European Union. Their needs are often more localised and highly oriented toward regional cultures.
Building design can significantly impact energy efficiency and can result in substantial reductions in operating costs over the lifecycle of a building. To achieve these benefits, new software tools are being developed that help designers and building architects to model building performance at the critical design stage. Design changes can be readily evaluated prior to construction for performance efficiency. EcoDesigner is a next generation design tool that brings
energy efficiency to the forefront of architectural design.
The high severity and increasing frequency of major flood events
worldwide has driven flooding up the political and risk management
agenda. David Martin, Technical Manager of flood risk assessment and
modelling consultants Ambiental discusses the development of a new flood modelling system that is being in the UK and how it can be deployed through the use of Cloud Computing using the internet and the advantage of this approach.
The Istanbul Water
and Sewerage Administration (ISKI)
provides potable water to a city with a population of more than 11
million. ISKI manages all types of groundwater and surface water
resources to provide a domestic potable water supply, which it
distributes to demand centers within the city, and conducts studies
necessary to design and build new facilities and carry out the
maintenance and repairs to existing facilities.