首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
One of the key challenges in urban architecture over the next 50 years will be figuring out how to squeeze vast numbers of addit
One of the key challenges in urban architecture over the next 50 years will be figuring out how to squeeze vast numbers of addit
admin
2022-03-03
29
问题
One of the key challenges in urban architecture over the next 50 years will be figuring out how to squeeze vast numbers of additional people into urban areas that are already extremely crowded. London, for example, will somehow have to deal with a projected 100,000 extra inhabitants every year until 2016. The current plan of building new "satellite towns" of the city causes a lot of problems—but architecture think tanks are working on ambitious solutions that go vertical instead of horizontal in search of space.
In terms of population density, London is one of the least crowded major cities in the world— four times fewer people per square kilometer than Paris, for example, six times fewer than New York and eight times fewer than Cairo. But the fact remains that the city’s population is growing at a rapid rate, and horizontal expansion into the surrounding areas is eating up increasingly important agricultural land, as well as worsening all the transport problems that come with urban growth.
Popular Architecture would propose a radically different solution. The proposal is to go upwards , with vertical towers of considerable size, each representing an entire new town by the time it’s completed. Each tower would be 1500 meters high. Beyond mere accommodation, each tower would function as an entire town unit, with its own schools, hospitals, parks and gardens, sports facilities, business areas and community spaces. The population density of such a tower could help lower the individual energy requirements of each inhabitant, reducing the ecological impact of the population as a whole.
The village towers are considered as hollow tubes, with large holes to allow light and air through the entire construction. Occasional floor discs spread throughout the height of the building will give inhabitants large central areas in the middle of the tube to use as gathering spaces.
While the building itself is unlikely ever to be seriously considered for construction—imagine the number of elevators it would need, let alone the safety implications of open areas at such heights and with such wind exposure—the concept can serve as a conversation-starter for urban planners looking to face the challenges of the current and coming centuries.
Horizontal expansion not only wastes land, but makes it hard for London to________.
选项
A、handle its safety problems
B、resolve its transport issues
C、control its population growth
D、measure its population density
答案
B
解析
细节题。文中第二段第二句提到“But the fact remains that the city’s population is growing…as well as worsening all the transport problems that come with urban growth. ”但是,城市的人口仍在迅速增长,向周围地区的拓展加剧了城市扩张带来的交通问题,也在吞噬重要的耕地。由此可知,水平空间的拓展不仅浪费土地还会造成交通问题,故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qUNd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ByfarthemostcommonsnakeinBritainistheadder.InScotland,infact,therearenoothersnakesatall.Theadderisalso
RaymondA.Moody,Jr.,aGeorgiaphysician,creditshissenseofhumorforgettinghimthroughtheterriblegrindofmedicalsc
Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshorta
Blocksof"high-rise"flatshavebeenbuiltinlargenumbersinLondonandinmanyotherbigcities.JustaftertheSecondWorld
Lookatthepicturesbelowandwriteanessayofabout120wordsmakingreferencetothefollowingpoints:1)adescription
Scientistsfindthathard-workingpeoplelivelongerthanaveragemenandwomen.Careerwomenare【C1】______thanhousewives.Evid
Scientistsfindthathard-workingpeoplelivelongerthanaveragemenandwomen.Careerwomenare【C1】______thanhousewives.Evid
In2009,DanBlackwashitbyacarinhishometownofChepstow,Wales,ashewasbikingtohisjobatagrocerystore.【C1】____
Whatdidthemanreceiveforhisroleinthemovie?
Didpeoplehavetopaypostagewhentheyreceivedlettersintheearly19thcentury?
随机试题
中国青少年发展基金会以“通过资助服务、利益表达和社会倡导帮助青少年提高能力,改善青少年成长环境”为使命,倡导“社会责任、创造进取、以人为本、追求卓越”的价值观,曾发起和实施社会参与广泛、富有影响的“希望工程”。该组织属于()。
A.X线钡餐B.B超C.胃镜D.选择性血管造影E.十二指肠镜能对十二指肠憩室部位、大小、形态做出准确判断的是
A、卡马西平B、阿托品C、毒扁豆碱D、氨基甲酸酯类E、甲脒类中毒时宜用毛果芸香碱解毒,不能用毒扁豆碱解毒的药物是()。
(2015年)《刑事诉讼法》第五十四条规定:“采取刑讯逼供等非法方法收集的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人供述和采用暴力、威胁等非法方法收集的证人证言、被害人陈述,应当予以排除。”对此条文,下列哪一理解是正确的?()
某固定造价施工合同,合同造价为4000万元,合同工期3年。假定第1年完工进度为25%,第2年完成合同工程量的50%,第3年完工交付使用。合同结果能可靠估计。关于该合同完工进度和收入确认的说法,正确的有()。
某公司拟采用新设备取代已使用3年的旧设备。旧设备原价299000元,当前估计尚可使用5年,每年运行成本43000元,预计最终残值31000元,目前变现价值170000元;购置新设备需花费300000元,预计可使用6年,每年运行成本17000元,预计最终残值
满族的点心最为人们所称道的是“()”。
Therearemanykindsoffriends.Somearealways【C1】______you,butdon’tunderstandyou.Somesayonlyafewwordstoyou,butu
法律意义的国际重复征税与经济意义的国际重复征税的区别在于()。
MorethananyotherpoetLordByronhasbeenidentifiedwithhisownheroeswithChildeHarold,theromantictraveller;withMan
最新回复
(
0
)