SMK PUTRAJAYA P8(1)

Dead TOWN
Prepared By: Mohd Azim Idrus
Nur Amira Kamaruzaman
Mohvindh Manirajah
Farina Adila Abdul Malek
Scenario
Scenario: Dead Towns

Cities are currently expanding rapidly in recent years. Presently, there are
number of aging skyscrapers and town areas. Business areas which was
once empty are now attracting who are as old as the building itself. A large
portion of these buildings are old as they are not inhabited. A large
number of it are also occupied by heirs to the building and their
grandchildren. Even some of the buildings are not safe for habitation. New
buildings with multiple concepts at the outskirt of town are now drawing
attention to these areas. Traffic congestions are also spilling over to the
outskirts of town. There are no more areas which can cope with the
increasing number of residents. Forest and agricultural areas are also
needed for preservation to fulfill the needs of the future generations and
stimulate the increasingly perplexing climate change
 Question
Based on the above mentioned scenario, how is it possible
to enliven the areas of old towns to be lively and
interesting? What are the available options? Which is the
best option? And what are the measures which need to be
undertaken? Why are these measures necessary? And how
can it be implemented?
 Ways To Enliven The Town
• Steps used
a)Mapping of the town
b)Collecting the Data
c)Analyzing the Data
• Actions Taken
a)Rehabilitation
• Our Suggestion
a)Eco-Town
Steps Used
 Mapping of the Town
Using airborne satellite and remote sensing technology
What is Remote Sensing?
• Remote sensing is a technology involving the use of sensors placed on platform
moving at a far distance from earth's surface and it can be used for collecting data
of the earth for the purposes of inventorying and monitoring.

Technology - satellite, computer, image processing application, etc.

Sensors - multispectral electro-optical, radar, laser, camera, etc.
Platform - satellite, aircraft, balloon, etc.
Inventorying - static phenomena
Monitoring - dynamic phenomena

Source: www.remotesensing.gov.my/
Remote Sensing Technology Component

A - Energy Source (sun - active, microwave - passive)

B - Target (vegetation ,soil , water)
C - Satellite (receive electromagnetic wave from
target)
D - Ground Station (receive and process
electromagnetic wave data from satellite)
E - Satellite Data (digital or hard copy)
F - Analysis and Interpretation (image processing)
G - Spatial Data Analysis and Modeling (GIS, decision
supports)
H - Users (policy makers, planners, implementers)

source: www.remotesensing.gov.my/
 Special Characteristics of Remote Sensing

• Synoptic (bird's eye) view coverage of large areas

providing simultaneous different spatial information -
suitable for integrated development planning and
monitoring.
• Repetitive aerial coverage facilitating monitoring of
dynamic activities and phenomena.
• Data are collected in digital form - facilitate processing
by using computer (speed, consistency, data transfer).

source: www.remotesensing.gov.my/
 From this Remote Sensing Technology:
  We can quantify ,identify and map the suitable
location for transforming dead towns to eco-town.
 We can also count and map individual forest species
and predict agriculture crop production of the new
eco-town.
 We can also measure the carbon sequestration flux
that will be absorbed by the forest and the sustainable
agriculture production.
 Suitable location of the rivers , buildings ,road can be
plan using this technology
 The present status of the dead town can be measured
and mapped to be transform to an eco-town
Example of Mapping a town:
 GIS Database Development
 Data that have been collected by the remote sensing technology,
then it will be transferred to the GIS
What is GIS(Geography Information System)
• A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data
for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically
referenced information.
• GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in
many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps,
globes, reports, and charts.
• A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data
in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.
• GIS technology can be integrated into any enterprise information system
framework.

Source:www.gis.com
 Example of GIS:

• When collecting the data, we can know the exact population of the town.
 Analyzing the data
• Then, we can start analyzing the data to be
inputted into the dead town system.
• Data such as forest, agricultural, rivers and lakes,
highways and road, buildings and infrastructures
can be located and mapped in the forms of GIS
layers.
• Precise locations of these layers can be done with
the help of the Global Positioning System(GPS)
Actions Taken
 Rehabilitation
• Meaning of rehabilitation
-The recovery of specific ecosystem services in a degraded ecosystem or
habitat.
From This Method:
 We can preserve and conserve the forest.
 we can also plant fast growing plantation species such as Acacia mangium and
Sentang. Natural indigenous forest species such as Nyatuh , Kapur , Meranti ,
Cengal , Seraya and Balau can also be planted as rehabilitation species.
 Once these planted forest grow into dense forest plantation, wildlife can be
transferred into this forest area to develop the ecological system of the forest.
 Through this forest rehabilitation programmed we can build up the ecology
back to its normal condition
 This is what we called the new cycle of the population
Transforming dead into an eco-town
• Eco-towns are special because they will be designed
from scratch, to the highest standards, with a
particular emphasis on environmental issues:
conserving energy and water, reducing waste and
limiting carbon emissions.  They will act as a catalyst
for social and economic improvements and will create
affordable homes for future generations that are
sustainable to live in.  As well as homes, they will have
their own public transport, healthcare, shops, schools,
leisure facilities, places to work, public squares and
parks.
Eco-town standards
• Affordable housing: a minimum of 30% affordable housing in each eco-town
• Zero-carbon: eco-towns must be zero-carbon over the course of a year (not including
transport emissions)
• Green space: a minimum of 40% of eco-towns must be green space.
• Waste and recycling: eco-towns must have higher recycling rates and make use of
waste in new ways
• Employment: at least one job opportunity per house accessible by public transport,
walking or cycling (although the standards are silent on how housing developers
might guarantee this and it is largely discredited in the current economic crisis)
• Services: there must be shops and a primary school within easy walk of every single
home, and all the services expected from a town of up to 20,000 homes
• Transition/construction: facilities should be in place before and during construction
• Public transport: real-time public transport information in every home, a public
transport link within ten minutes walk of every home
• Community: there must be a mixture of housing types and densities, and residents
must have a say in how their town is run, by governance in new and innovative ways.
 Advantages of having an Eco-town
• A city which provides its inhabitants with every basic amenity
for a reasonable standard of living.
• Resources used are regenerated and sustained without
getting depleted.
• A society which takes part in good governance and allocation
of its economic resources for the well being of its people.
• Where citizens are law-abiding, conscious of their role and
contribute to the all round development of the city.