Land (ab)use v1
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This document summarizes different types of land use and their social and environmental impacts. It discusses how residential, commercial, and entertainment land uses promote social inequality, overconsumption, waste, and enable people to escape dealing with societal problems. While facilities are needed, they are often an afterthought. Overall, the extensive land development feeds an unsustainable system of consumption that is creating numerous social and environmental problems but is continued due to business and economic interests.
Land (ab)use v1
- 1. Land (ab)use Manifestation of Someone Else’s Problem
- 2. Land ‘use’ 1- Residential (Villas, Apartment Buildings, Palaces, Townhouses) 2- Commercial (Mall, Hypermarket) 3- Food and Beverage 4- Healthcare (New center, Extension to existing) 5- Entertainment (Cinema, Country Club) 6- Mixed Use (Hotel) 7- Facilities (School, Mosque, Police Station, Civil defence Station, Fire Station, Gas Stations, ..etc.)
- 3. 1: Social Inequality • Residential: Who is it for? • Villas: Land ‘Owners’/Employers • Apartments: Working Population • Palaces: Tourist Attractions/Super Rich/Billionaire Playboys • Townhouses: Working Population/Young Families
- 4. 2: Buy More Stuff! • Commercial/Spend more money! • Hypermarket/Global Production/Local Consumption • Mall/Stuff that we do not need • Industrial Exploitation • Energy Consumption • Oceans of Waste • Traffic Congestion
- 5. 3: Consumption and Waste • Food and Beverage • Globalised food production • Deforestation • Poaching • Fishing Wars • Industrial Farming/Pollution/Greenhouse Gases • Destruction of the Ecosystem
- 6. 4: Dealing with the Consequences of 2 & 3 • Treating the Symptoms • Obesity • Addiction • Disease • Injuries • Propping up the Pharmaceutical Industry
- 7. 5: Escape from 1, 2 & 3 • Cinema • Escapism • Propping up the film Industry • Paying for celebrity lifestyles • Country Club • Social Exclusion • Exclusive Park that the public cannot enter
- 8. 6: Curious??? • Mixed use is all of the above • Hotel • Escape from reality of the system • Tourist Destination • Temporary Home
- 9. 7: Everyday Stuff • Stuff that nobody cares about until they need it • School • Exploring our impact on the planet • Religion • Exploring our place in the Universe • Civil Defence/Police Station • Civil Disobedience • Gas Station • Burn more oil!
- 10. Someone Else’s Problem? • Providing what property developers expect • Not living but existing in Someone Else’s System • Limited employment • Business as usual • Feeding society’s addiction to consumption • Fragmentation of communities • Heavy reliance on car ownership • Social exclusion and inequality