An Integrated Simulation and Visualisation Platform for the Design of Sustainable Urban Developments in a Peri-Urban Con
Designing sustainable urban development is a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary challenge that can benefit from next-generation modelling tools to achieve high performance outcomes and integrated assessments. This chapter presents and demonstrates t
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An Integrated Simulation and Visualisation Platform for the Design of Sustainable Urban Developments in a Peri-Urban Context Meenakshi Arora, Tuan Ngo, Lu Aye, Hector Malano, and Oliver Lade
Abstract Designing sustainable urban development is a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary challenge that can benefit from next-generation modelling tools to achieve high performance outcomes and integrated assessments. This chapter presents and demonstrates the use of ‘MUtopia’, an information modelling platform for assessing alternative urban development scenarios. The use of the platform is illustrated through the application to a peri-urban development in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The modelling platform allows simulation of various transition and future scenarios at the precinct level. The platform is capable of extracting data to assist in developing and assessing the performance of different components (land use, individual buildings and infrastructure related to energy and water supply and use, waste management and transport systems) by taking advantage of the platform’s unique scalability. The selected case study is a 31.5 ha Parcel of land, a typical peri-urban development in Melbourne’s fringe located in West Cranbourne. A key aspect of the development is the design of a sustainable precinct that is affordable, provides a greater level of amenity and incorporates biolink corridors and natural open spaces critical to the preservation of native biodiversity. As a low rise suburban development this project presents a unique opportunity for the application of the MUtopia platform and to demonstrate how the tool can lead to optimum design parameters for achieving sustainable development. This chapter also describes how MUtopia can be used to optimise the selection and design of sustainable and resilient energy, water and waste infrastructure and its integration with existing infrastructure. Keywords Urban development • Performance outcomes • Infrastructure • Biodiversity • Sustainable development • Modelling platform
M. Arora (*) • T. Ngo • L. Aye • H. Malano • O. Lade Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia e-mail: [email protected] © The Author(s) 2016 B. Maheshwari et al. (eds.), Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities, Water Science and Technology Library 72, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28112-4_34
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34.1 Background Fast growth is being witnessed in the world’s urban and peri-urban regions due to unprecedented rural migration coupled with natural population growth. In 2008, the number of people in cities surpassed 50 % of the total population for the first time in our history and will likely reach up to 70 % by 2050. In the same time-frame global population is expected to reach 9.3 billion with most of the growth taking place in the world’s developing regions and mainly in peri-urban areas. This influx and development will dramatically change the makeup
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