As I discovered, many cities in the world were located by the waterway or near the waterway, for instance, Melbourne, Sydney and London. In city planning, waterway, as one of the significant elements is worth considering. To define what waterway is, waterway is a river, canal, or other route for travel by water. Thus, waterway can mean natural river or artificial water canal. In this essay, waterway as river and water system will be discussed. However, sanitation issue is a frequent topic relating to a waterway. The aim of this essay is to discuss the similarities and differences between London and Melbourne by means of exploring the association of waterway and sanitation and how this issue relates to city planning.
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As a part of the British Commonwealth bloodline, Melbourne owns a large amount of Victorian style architecture, which is the same architecture style existing in London. To build or give birth to a city, Romans made a system of planning the city, which is called the Roman “grid plan.” Due to the British influence, Melbourne’s city plan (Figure 2) is a typical Roman grid, which divides the city into several rectangles. Similar to the River Thames in London, there is a river called the Yarra River flows through the Melbourne …show more content…
After building the freeways in late 20th century, the freeways and pollutions had become bigger threats to the Yarra River because the Yarra River needed to bear the chemical sewage and some human sewage from the city, which Melbourne already stopped to do that over fifty years ago. Soon after, the pollution of the Yarra River became an issue of public concern. Due to the difficulties that the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works failed to stop the polluting, the government asked the Environmental Protection Agency to control the pollution and promised to bring back a clean river. Ironically, the Yarra River is never clean that can please the city. However, the “uneasy relationship” between the Yarra River and Melbourne has eased off in last couple years. Tony Dingle records that people working in the city started to go to the riverside during the lunchtime and the greenery on the riverbank offers people a place to relax. Also, the Yarra River forms the juxtaposition of architectures on the riverside that creates a tourist attraction for
The suburb of Pyrmont on the shores of Sydney Harbour has been transformed by the processes of urban renewal into a thriving cosmopolitan residential area, an efficient and sophisticated business centre, and a popular recreational and tourist hub. Through my own observation of the Pyrmont area, I have seen how the painstaking urban planning efforts for the area have come to fruition, and a focal point of the Harbour foreshore created as a result of this.
As can be seen from the map (Figure 5), the Maribyrnong Rivers begins when the two major tributaries- Deep Creek and Jackson’s creek merge together, and then the river go through the Brimbank Park, downstream flows through suburban Melbourne before joining the Yarra River estuary on its way out to Port Phillip Bay. Therefore, because of the hydrology, there is erosion can be found in the Site 2 area.
But familiar landmarks and also the unfamiliar ones aren't the whole make-up of Australia's heritage. It's the people that make a difference. Australia is made up of people from all walks of life who have migrated here for different reasons. Among these, the most common migrants are from Greece, Italy, Russia and Asia. Australia is made up of material culture: the places and objects, but also Living culture: In forms such as Music, Crafts, Literature etc. It is an interplay between international cultures and beliefs, the claims of nationalism and ethnic and religious traditions, as well as the local and community priorities that’s make up the unique Australian heritage.
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In this essay I will discuss what I’ve learned about Australian architecture, a brief history, and most of all, a major influence to the Australian style, Harry Seidler. Australia is a country that has only been around almost 100 years, a short time compared to other countries like America that has been around for almost 200 years. With Australia being a young country, it’s easy to see that it is still discovering the Australian style. In 1890 the architect James Izett and Howard Joseland raised the question, ‘What, in the first place, must guide us in the development of an Australian type (Johnson 1980, p. 2)?’ Both seemed to believe that climate was the answer. Another man named James Green thought that public and urban buildings should be seen as one style and domestic architecture as another. A popular view was that the old, ‘conservative’ Bri...
In the early 1880s, Chicago was a bustling city on its way to becoming one of great cities in the world. There was a problem though. Horrible sanitation problems plagued the city. The Chicago River was virtually an open sewer covered with visible filth. Most of the river’s worst pollution came from homes and bathroom waste thought the city. “Bubbly Creek” was one of the worst branches of the river. It was filled with enough stockyard waste to equal the pollution from a sizable city. To further the problem, all of the contents of the river flowed into Lake Michigan, polluting Chicago’s drinking water causing a sever outbreak of water born diseases.
Warragamba Dam is vital for Sydney’s water supply as it supplies the highest quality of raw water available. The Sydney Catchment Authority ensures this and it is their goal to make sure that water quality continues to meet the Australian Drinking
The Trent Severn Waterway is a manmade canal waterway that connects Lake Ontario with Georgian Bay in Lake Huron, spanning 387 km in length. Beginning construction in 1833, and finishing in 1920, it is made up of canals, locks and lift locks [1]. While the original use was for logging and transport in industry, the waterway is now used for recreational boating with visitors from all around the world and is managed by Parks Canada [2][3]. One of the 2 lift locks in use is the Kirkfield lift lock (lock 36), operating each year from mid-May to mid-October [4]. It lifts boats 15 m either up or down to connect the upper and lower section of the Talbot River, connecting Canal Lake in the west to Mitchell Lake in the east [5][6]. The waterway, and
Elizabeth Quay is a project that is currently being built on what used to be known as the Perth Waterfront. This $2.6 billion project was planned by the State Government, aiming to enhance Perth’s reputation as the most liveable cities in the world and return the city’s focus to one of its most iconic natural assets – the Swan River. Elizabeth Quay will provide the city with a variety of new public spaces that will serve many different functions and offer unique experiences to its citizens. The project’s plans and funding was confirmed by Premier, Collin Barnett, and Perth Lord Mayor, Lisa Scaffidi, in February 2011 and started construction on 26th April 2012. Barnett also announced the project to be named “Elizabeth Quay” on 28th May 2012,
In this unit, ‘The Built World’ focuses around the man-made structures that appear in our daily lives. It showcase how these environments represent the importance of our culture. The purpose is to remind oneself to acknowledge the structures and symbols that we are surrounded by. Artist uses different techniques to create their own representation of ‘The built world’. As a result, it helps to construct a connection between the viewer and the artwork. An Australian urban life painter, John Brack, uses the people and life of Melbourne as his subjects in his paintings. “John Brack emerged during the 1950s in Melbourne as an artist of singular originality and independence.” (Brack, 2018) Collin St, 5pm was one of Brack’s many creations. It is
In this fieldwork report, I will be discussing the relevance on Docklands in Melbourne, explaining the reasoning behind gradual changes, and answering how Docklands has remained sustainable and why. Docklands has undergone numerous changes to its infrastructure, environment and purpose in Melbourne. Formerly, Docklands served under a more industrialised economic structure. It was once common for generations of families to be born into working on the Docklands. Since 1983, there have been great deals of urban expansion in the Docklands (more buildings, extension of urban area), conversion of rail/tram tracks into roads, and more cafes and shopping complexes built. Now, Docklands has become a popular tourism and landmark zone,
Water is a quintessential element of all life on Earth. Of all the water on Earth, about three percent is fresh and can be used immediately for human consumption. Perth’s climate is drying, yet Western Australia is still consuming relatively high amounts of water. This problem of high consumption of water in a drying climate is far from straightforward There are many elements contributing to water consumption in Western Australia. Broadly, these factors fall under the three pillars of sustainability: social, economic and environmental. Each of these pillars are made up of many components, and all those components are intricately and numerously linked. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Using Systems Analysis to examine the interlinked factors of water consumption in Perth and Western Australia is a good way to uncover hidden root causes of the issue of water consumption in WA and start to apply leverage in the most serviceable places.
The usage/control of waterways has many political and economic effects on societies today and in the past. One way that the usage/ control of waterways has an effect politically and economically is by the control/ usage of waterway helped civilizations sprout. Another way is by the control/usage of waterways creates easier trade routes. The next way is by the control/ usage of waterways helps agriculture do well. These are some of the ways that the control/ usage of waterways had effects politically and economically on societies today and in the past.
Again, this section will give a working definition of the “urban question’. To fully compare the political economy and ecological perspectives a description of the “urban question” allows the reader to better understand the divergent schools of thought. For Social Science scholars, from a variety of disciplines, the “urban question” asks how space and the urban or city are related (The City Reader, 2009). The perspective that guides the ecological and the social spatial-dialect schools of thought asks the “urban question” in separate distinct terminology. Respected scholars from the ecological mode of thinking, like Burgess, Wirth and others view society and space from the rationale that geographical scope determines society (The City Reader, 2009). The “urban question” that results from the ecological paradigm sees the relationship between the city (space) as influencing the behaviors of individuals or society in the city. On the other hand...
Urban Planning is about places for people. It is about their creation, their function, their maintenance and their improvement .Cities and towns are the basic building blocks of modern society, operating as centers of commerce and trade, government and politics, and knowledge and culture. Well- planned, efficient cities provide healthy and attractive environment for people to live, work and play.