Development with Geodesign
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Development
Development is the phase that comes after Design and Planning, where scenarios are created for the growth of the city, buildings and its infrastructure to meet future needs of human activities in the territory.
This phase is usually carried out by developers, builders, and, in general, companies which use integration tools between BIM - GIS to achieve Sustainable Development. These companies or organizations are basically equipped with engineering means to develop roads, residential communities, industrial parks, schools, hospitals, commercial centers and recreational facilities. This phase is more concern with the present and immediate future and being in charge of delivering the products conceived at the designing and planning phase. See more information about BIM <> GIS
In other to comply with the regulations and environmental sustainability measures envisioned during the designing process these developers also need to use tools and software to help them handle the complexity involved during construction phase, using GIS maps and CAD drawing plans, and job control software to program the sequence of events, milestones and accomplish sustainable development during the construction phase.
Esri has team up with Autocad to offer a combination of products that help during this phase, delivering a proper combinations of GIS Information Models (GIM) with (BIM) Building Information Models are now available to developers to ease and controlling all the complexity of the building and construction, to ensure sustainability, comply with environmental regulations and develop sound buildings and infrastructures.
The best definition so far coined for sustainable development is the one given by World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) which runs as the "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
In 2005, the World Summit on Social Development identified three core areas that contribute to the philosophy and social science of sustainable development. These areas are:
Economic Development
Economic development is about giving people what they want without compromising quality of life, especially in the developing world, and reducing the financial burden and “red tape” of doing the right thing. Also, to encourage and foster incentives for the average person to do their bit where and when they can; one person can rarely achieve much, but taken as a group, effects in some areas are cumulative. The supply and demand market is consumerist in nature and modern life requires a lot of resources every single day for the sake of the environment, getting what we consume under control is the paramount issue.
Social Development
There are many facets to this pillar. Most importantly is awareness of and legislation protection of the health of people from pollution and other harmful activities of business and other organizations. It is also about maintaining access to basic resources without compromising the quality of life. The biggest hot topic for many people right now is sustainable housing and how we can better build the homes we live in from sustainable material. The final element is education - encouraging people to participate in environmental sustainability and teaching them about the effects of environmental protection as well as warning of the dangers if we cannot achieve our goals. In other words teaching them to participate and collaborate in the intelligent exchange of information.
Environmental Protection.
We all know what we need to do to protect the environment, whether that is recycling, reducing our power consumption by switching electronic devices off rather than using standby, by walking short journeys instead of taking the bus. Businesses are regulated to prevent pollution and to keep their own carbon emissions low. There are incentives to installing renewable power sources in our homes and businesses. Environmental protection is the third pillar and to many, the primary concern of the future of humanity. It defines how we should study and protect ecosystems, air quality , integrity and sustainability of our resources and focusing on the elements that place stress on the environment. It also concerns how technology will drive our greener future; the EPA recognized that developing technology and biotechnology is key to this sustainability, and protecting the environment of the future from potential damage that technological advances could potentially bring.
The sustainable development professional network came up with a list of 17 items which included amongst other things:
- The end of poverty and hunger.
- Better standards of education and healthcare - particularly as it pertains to water quality and better sanitation
- To achieve gender equality
- Sustainable economic growth while promoting jobs and stronger economies
- All of the above and more while tackling the effects of climate change , pollution and other environmental factors that can harm and do harm people's health, livelihoods and lives.
- Sustainability to include health of the land, air and sea.
Prepared by RICARDO CUBEROS MEJÍA for GDS Latam Group and Esri Venezuela - 2019 (2021 Update).
