Like every class of elective course RPK 538 (Sustainable Development Planning) in MSc Housing at School of housing, building & Planning (HBP) - USM, the third week of the course work also had to offer something new and exciting. There was presentation on topic of Environmental Conservation by Guest Lecturer Dr Normah Abd. Latip taking the case of Kinabatangan Village, Sabah.
We were expecting presentation by lecturer, but she being quite smart speaker, asked us to discuss the different aspects of environmental conservation locally and globally and then give a presentation in form of groups. I were called by mates of MSc Housing to join their group.
This sudden call for presentation moved everyone in the class to think and open the closed gates of mind to vision and beyond the superficial things to initiate the investigation with perspective of environment and conservation.
I, with my group mates, started to note the points of what is environment and conservation, how we percieve it. everyone coming up with their education background started relating things accordingly. like i am an architect coming up with the knowledge of built environment , how man made structures are utlizing the environment and . i noted the points for my country including different issues like
But before all this details a thought provoked that what is environment and conservation and then what is the combined term of both i.e Environmental conservation.
We being the first group called upon by the lecturer, me and my group mate Kamal decided to represent the group of four: nurul, anisah, kamal and sana (me). i started to talk firstly about the some raw definition of environmental conservation (dividing it up into two parts: environment and conserve).
After that, being into designing and planning studies, i started to describe different issues in Pakistan within the cities in context of housing schemes. People are not well educated and well informed about environment.
coal burning, tree cutting is common and people in slums don't even the know the term of global warming or what it means and how badly its affecting our planet.
Then when it comes to circle of educated people, they like to keep their homes clean only as they have no concern about the cleanliness of the road. they throw the garbage outside the house in ill mannered way which creates lot of problems later on.
Some recommendations for conserving environment in Pakistan:
Keeping the garbage bag outside every house and putting a plenty on it for not using it, and then disposing off the bags on daily basis by development authority will definitely keep a check and balance on healthy environment.
Then encouraging the green pockets after a regular interval contributes to the lowering of the temperature. giving a healthy impact.
Locating the immediate daily based needs like school, hospitals, departmental stores near the residential zones will assist in less usage of cars and fuel as people will prefer walking and cycling ultimately contributing to people health.
Hopefully if some of the above mentioned points are being implemented by people on their own self-basis then it is going to benefit in a very positive way.
We were expecting presentation by lecturer, but she being quite smart speaker, asked us to discuss the different aspects of environmental conservation locally and globally and then give a presentation in form of groups. I were called by mates of MSc Housing to join their group.
This sudden call for presentation moved everyone in the class to think and open the closed gates of mind to vision and beyond the superficial things to initiate the investigation with perspective of environment and conservation.
I, with my group mates, started to note the points of what is environment and conservation, how we percieve it. everyone coming up with their education background started relating things accordingly. like i am an architect coming up with the knowledge of built environment , how man made structures are utlizing the environment and . i noted the points for my country including different issues like
- how the cities or housing schemes can be planned!
- pollution and traffic jam giving longing for continued hours of driving and oil consumption no proper waste disposal
- glass blocks buildings with no inclusion of green technology (grass, planters, water features)
- and then how this can be resolved being planners.
But before all this details a thought provoked that what is environment and conservation and then what is the combined term of both i.e Environmental conservation.
We being the first group called upon by the lecturer, me and my group mate Kamal decided to represent the group of four: nurul, anisah, kamal and sana (me). i started to talk firstly about the some raw definition of environmental conservation (dividing it up into two parts: environment and conserve).
After that, being into designing and planning studies, i started to describe different issues in Pakistan within the cities in context of housing schemes. People are not well educated and well informed about environment.
coal burning, tree cutting is common and people in slums don't even the know the term of global warming or what it means and how badly its affecting our planet.
Then when it comes to circle of educated people, they like to keep their homes clean only as they have no concern about the cleanliness of the road. they throw the garbage outside the house in ill mannered way which creates lot of problems later on.
Some recommendations for conserving environment in Pakistan:
Keeping the garbage bag outside every house and putting a plenty on it for not using it, and then disposing off the bags on daily basis by development authority will definitely keep a check and balance on healthy environment.
Then encouraging the green pockets after a regular interval contributes to the lowering of the temperature. giving a healthy impact.
Locating the immediate daily based needs like school, hospitals, departmental stores near the residential zones will assist in less usage of cars and fuel as people will prefer walking and cycling ultimately contributing to people health.
Hopefully if some of the above mentioned points are being implemented by people on their own self-basis then it is going to benefit in a very positive way.
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