Before joining ASCE, Buckwalter worked on long-term technology planning and developing future scenario assessments for the government. The project is the result of collaboration between ASCE, subject matter experts, designers, developers from the firm Experimental Design and futurists. There has also been interest in a potential sixth Desert City examining trends for parts of the Middle East and Global South. The opening of the Arctic amid climate change inspired a Frozen City model with the expectation that there will be a need for built environment on permafrost as the world’s supply chain starts moving through the Arctic. The team also has plans for a Rural City model. “It forces people to think about coastal phenomena differently.” And while rising sea levels will likely push many people further inland, Buckwalter adds that the Floating City concept is again designed to prompt discussions about the future. Buckwalter says it was inspired by expectations for evolving coastal resilience strategies that may involve moving offshore. The Future World Vision team unveiled its proof-of-concept for Floating City in 2019, as ENR previously reported. Also, they wanted to start with a city that would involve less greenfield building than others, and more of building on an evolution of existing cities, which is the nearer-term challenge.
They chose the Mega City model for the group's first release because it’s the most relatable considering urbanization trends, Buckwalter says. Mega City is the latest project from ASCE’s Future World Vision program, and the first of at least five future communities the association hopes to model. They looked at everything from technology to the environment, to natural resources, to societal expectations, to the economy, and then focused on the intertwined threads of those factors altogether. or intelligence agencies to create realistic future scenarios, Buckwalter says. To achieve that plausibility, they worked with the same kind of consultants who work for the U.S. While it may seem like science fiction, Mega City was designed to be a plausible projection of what future cities may contain. Mega City 2070 helps connect the dots and ensures all systems are integrated in the future.” Our future will require a new way of doing things. “Understanding the drivers of change is more critical than ever. Truax, ASCE president, said in a statement. “The world in which we live is becoming more complex and changing at an accelerating pace,” Dennis D.
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