The Site: Queen Street, Brisbane
Global scenarios that impact on the urbane specificity of Brisbane, Queen st which could lead to there being a no car rule for the city limits.
Issues - The world
Over population
Over population is a well known reality, so we would like to explore the what if scenarios. What effect will population growth have on our future scenario? Well, some say over population will lead to increased strain on resources, increased poverty, rapid climate change or non-sustainable lifestyles/ cities/ world just to mention a few. How do we deal with this in the future? Will there be a population plateau? Will there be policies implemented like the one existing in china today?
Ageing population
Another serious concern that could impact the future scenarios we concoct is the realities of an ageing population. Places such as Japan are already feeling the effects of this reality, and upon the onset world wide, what consequences can we expect to be thrust upon humanity? This problem, created by the medical advancements which have led to prolonged life could lead to our medical systems bulge and busting and our economy coming to a stand still (due to the lack of younger people available to replace existing jobs and the extension of the retirement age, the bust of superannuation and government pensions dissolving into thin air due to lack of funding, less working aged people equals less taxable income to fund these schemes), what does this mean for our future scenarios?
Diminishing resources
We have already reached peak oil, this is one of many resources swiftly diminishing, soon to be non-existent.So what does this mean for our future scenarios? well it means the future needs to become more innovative and find alternative solutions to fuel a growing population that wants to keep on consuming.
Climate change
In the wake of climate change, what will become of out world? We as a people will need to grow and change to accommodate the ever-changing terrain of our natural environment. Its going to get hotter and some placed may become inhabitable, whilst others will become more desirable. This could see a massive redistribution of the population, but how will that effect the cultural values embedded in the different societies that might cross paths?
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