Follow the requirement to finish 5pages(1250words) NewYork City Energy Case Study Project.
The topic is:
Parks and Public Space and Energy.
Your project should be based on 2 reports which are uploaded onto dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hboy46zr4dagge9/AADwvHK…
You must also find and read at least three outside sources of information that relate to the topic of your individually assigned PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter.
Please read all requirements very carefully.
All the work has to be 100 per cent ORIGINAL!! It is very necessary.
Any kind of plagiarism will not be accepted!
GEO 105 – New York City Energy Case Study Semester Project – Spring, 2018
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Projects Due: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 (by 11:59 PM) – or earlier, if you cannot hand it in at
that time. ***NOTE THAT THIS IS A LATER DATE THAN ORIGINALLY SPECIFIED!!**
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DO NOT submit the project in hard copy or by e-mail. ONLY submit via Blackboard!
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It is your responsibility to manage your schedule so that you are able to submit the project
by the deadline. If you anticipate problems, submit it prior to the time it is due.
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Completed projects are to be submitted, by email, to the course instructor.
There will be a 10% penalty for each calendar day by which your report submission is late.
(There will also be a 10% bonus for papers handed in by Thursday May 3rd !!)
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Each student has been assigned a specified chapter from the PlaNYC Update of April 2011.
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Each student is also assigned the PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter on Energy.
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For your convenience, the full PlaNYC Update of April 2011 is posted in the NYC Energy Case Study
Project folder within the Documents folder on Blackboard.
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The chapter assigned to you is specified where your GEO 105 grades are posted on Blackboard.
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In addition to your individually assigned PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter, you must consider the
contents of the Energy chapter when you write your report.
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You must also find and read at least three outside sources of information that relate to the topic of
your individually assigned PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter.
Your Assignment
Write and submit a report, that includes a discussion section of about 5 pages of double-spaced text, with
images or diagrams, if appropriate, explaining how, in your opinion, the component of PlaNYC Update of April
2011 discussed in your assigned chapter should be implemented, with an emphasis on how it relates to
energy. Prior to the 5-page discussion section, include a title page with your name, student ID, and the title of
your assigned chapter. After the 5-page discussion section, include a page with a list of at least 3 references
that you consulted in addition to PlaNYC Update of April 2011, in order to develop ideas for your report.
The implementation ideas that you develop and propose in your discussion section should be written with
consideration of how energy efficiency, sustainability, environmental effects, consumption, and production
relate to the topic of your assigned chapter. It should consider how energy production or use affects your
component of the plan, and how your component of the plan requires or affects energy use. Keep in mind the
possible impacts that climate change may have on the functions discussed in your assigned chapter, and how
these impacts can be mitigated.
The following web site has been designed to provide you with sources of information for your report:
Big Apple Mashup (http://bigapplemashup.appspot.com/)
Include, in your report:
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A title page with your name, ID, and the name of your assigned chapter
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Content (about 5 pages, double-spaced, composed of the following):
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text
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diagrams, charts, or illustrations, if appropriate
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citations of references to facts within the discussion section (any clear format is OK)
List of References cited in the discussion section (at least 3 references in addition to the PlaNYC
Update of 2011). Any clear format for listing of the references is acceptable.
PlaNYC Update of April 2011 Chapters: One of the following is assigned individually to each student:
1) Housing and Neighborhoods
2) Parks and Public Space
3) Brownfields
4) Waterways
5) Water Supply
6) Transportation
7) Air Quality
8) Solid Waste
9) Climate Change
In addition, the following chapter is assigned for every student to read:
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Energy
Your report needs to be based on both your individually assigned PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter and the
PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter on Energy. Therefore, you need to consider, in your report, your own
ideas regarding how your assigned chapter relates to issues that pertain to energy, and how you can improve
upon the ideas presented by your assigned PlaNYC Update of April 2011 chapter.
Examples of How Energy Might Relate to Selected PlaNYC Update of April 2011 Chapters
How energy is needed in the implementation and for the sustainability of your assigned component of
the plan
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Example: energy is needed for building and operating mass transportation systems.
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Processing of solid waste requires energy, but energy can also be derived from the waste.
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Energy is needed for sewage treatment along the waterways.
How environmental effects of energy production and use might relate to or impact your assigned
component
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Example: In response to sea level rise caused by climate change, power plants could be moved
to higher ground.
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Example: Burning of oil for heating buildings can affect air quality.
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Example: without proper regulation, fracking in upstate New York (if approved) might impact
the quality of New York City’s water supply.
How efficient and sustainable energy use practices can be advanced by, or can be applied to applied
to, the implementation of your component of the plan.
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Example: Discouraging the development of high density housing and neighborhoods in lowlying areas, in favor of more elevated areas, would result in reduced need for rebuilding, which
uses energy, after a major storm surge.
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Example: Parks and public space, such as the High Line, can encourage people to walk to
destinations instead of using more energy-intensive modes of transportation.
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Example: Brownfields could potentially be used as a site for new electric production facilities.
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Example: Waterways might be appropriate sites for tidal and wind energy facilities, and for
new mass transit ferry lines.
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Example: Solid waste can be partially converted to methane for energy production.
The above examples are intended to get you started. While planning and writing your report, you should
consider additional ways in which energy relates to your assigned PlaNYC chapter.
Use your imagination and creativity, and feel free to discuss your ideas with other people, BUT MAKE YOUR
REPORT YOUR OWN!
Communicate with the GEO 105 instructor if you have any questions regarding how you should proceed with
the project.