Urban Planning
Urban Planning is a process by which the use of land is controlled and the urban environment is designed for the orderly development of settlements and communities.
Modern Orealyian urban planning, or simply known as Orealyianis urban planning, has its origins in the several millennia of societal reconstruction following the destruction of the Orealyian homeworld, during which the era's existing Monarchy established its seat on a Terran-Ixian refugee vessel. By the time of Athanatsu's settlement, Orealyianis urban planning has come to mirror Terran-Ixian planning in many aspects.
Bisiriadne, a replica of the Orealyian homeworld, is a notable exception, deliberately utilizing traditional methods of urban planning.
Modern Orealyian Urban Planning
Modern Orealyian urban planning borrows primarily from Terran-Ixian aesthetics, coincidentally lending most landscapes the appearance of being situated in the interior of starships. Tall, sleek, monolithic designs are used in conjunction with various shades of white. Parks and gardens are used prominently, interspersed between city blocks and sometimes even integrated within the many high capacity economic and residential superstructures that fill the landscape.
All existing Orealyianis cities have been planned from conception, with the exception of Tanariadne, which initially developed from the rapid growth of the planet's high-tech industry.
Safety and security is a primary concern for urban planners. Weather emergencies are unheard of except in the meteorologically unregulated planet of Bisiriadne, where it is readily dealt with by using canals, retaining walls, and levees, among other methods. On the other hand, crime, war, terrorism and geologic upheaval still exist as considerable threats to society, along with new dangers such as gravitational anomalies, life support failure and cross-species accidents.
Crime and terrorism is usually dealt with through prevention, using comprehensive surveillance and identifications systems in combination with a powerful, efficient, tactful, emphatic and ever-present policing force. Passive approaches are also employed through liberal use of wide open spaces and botanical aesthetics which reduce criminal tendencies on a psychological level. While military threats are dealt with primarily by the Athanatsu Defense Force, many urban plans do have a secondary function of curtailing hostile movement while aiding evacuation and sheltering of civilians and giving defenders a strategic and tactical advantage.
Geologic upheavals in Orealyianis cities commonly result from accidents or acts of terrorism and war which damage the superstructures that directly support the upper layers of ecumenopolises. In such cases, cities are designed to quickly and safely evacuate people from the affected area and house them in evacuation centers until the necessary solutions have been implemented. In a worst-case scenario wherein the world itself must be evacuated due to global instability, all areas are designed to quickly and safely funnel citizens to the nearest capable spaceport.
Gravitational anomalies resulting from failure of the main artificial gravity systems is dealt with through strategic positioning of local gravity control systems which automatically take over. In highly multiracial worlds, this his has an added function of altering the gravity in certain regions to combat gravity-related illnesses, such as bone demineralization. Planners also take into account when gravitational anomalies are present in conjunction with armed conflict.
Life support failure is also a major concern. The secondary life support system for each area is placed within quick reach of individuals, in the situation that it does not activate automatically or through the city's central network. Shelters equipped with their own systems are also placed in strategic locations for instances of large-scale failure.
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