The first prize went to Vancouver. There were three 2nd-place jury prizes. They went to Panjim, Tokyo and to a joint entry from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico.
4 Jun. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) is one publication to announce the results. Excerpt: The runner-up winner from India presented a vision for Panjim, the tropical state capital of Goa, that had future residents living on recycled rainwater and vegetarian diets. Full text: Vancouver wins 'City of Tomorrow' contest in Japan Associated Press Tokyo � A vision of 22nd-century Vancouver, Canada - complete with hydrogen-powered neighbourhoods and kilometres of interlocking "greenway" parks - Wednesday won an international competition to design the city of tomorrow. The Canadian team edged a joint entry from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, that described a city of computer-navigated cars and recycled sewage. The U.S.-backed team took home one of three 2nd-place jury prizes, along with futuristic blueprints for Tokyo and Goa, India. A total of eight groups - fielding proposals for Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Changshu, China, among others - squared off in the contest, sponsored by the International Gas Union, a nonprofit organization that promotes the gas industry. The Vancouver team of 500 people worked 18 months preparing their plan, which assumed the city's population would double from two million people to 4.8 million over the next 100 years. It focused on how to build consensus in policy-making processes and on preserving the natural environment. Team leader Sebastian Moffatt, who runs an urban planning consultancy, said the plan entails interlinked waterways and greenways like "a web of green over the city." The scenario, which bagged 1.5 million yen ($17,250 Cdn) in prize money, calls for a reduction in carbon dioxide output to about six per cent of its current level, in part by using water-emitting, hydrogen-powered fuel cells. Runners-up received 400,000 yen awarded by a panel of six judges. The San Diego and Tijuana entry was the only plan focused on an urban centre straddling an international border. The cross-border concept for the year 2103 was led by John F. Kelly and a group from the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Illinois. It was backed by the two cities' mayoral offices. Mr. Kelly said their goal was to create a city run on recycled power and recycled waste. The plan calls for electrolyzing waste water to create hydrogen for fuel cells that would run heating, cooling and electrical systems. It assumed the city's current population of 4.3 million will swell to 15 million people over the next century. Tom Story, senior policy adviser for San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy, said the exercise highlighted the need for San Diego to co-operate on urban planning issues with its sister city south of the border. The cities use many of the same limited resources and share such concerns as energy, water and waste treatment, he said. "We realize that our economies and environments are intertwined such that our future well-being can only be addressed as a regional issue," Mr. Story said. Under the proposal, the communities would rely on wind and solar energy. Energy efficiencies would lower per capita energy usage. Instead of driving to the office, people would use a network of trams. Ownership of private automobiles would give way to electric-powered rental vehicles that emit water vapour instead of noxious gases. Long-distance drives would be computer navigated. The runner-up winner from India presented a vision for Panjim, the tropical state capital of Goa, that had future residents living on recycled rainwater and vegetarian diets. The Tokyo winner tried to tackle the problem of re-energizing a section of the city that is a bustling business centre by day but a ghost town by night as people retreat to their homes in the suburbs. ======================================= Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030604.wvanc0604/BNStory/National/ See also 3 Jun. San Jose Mercury News, California. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6005263.htm Since the article is syndicated by Associated Press it will get reproduced in a wide range of newspapers. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
