(Draft #3) Summary_Reader Response: "Developing Sustainable Infrastructure in New Cities"
In the article “Developing Sustainable Infrastructure in New Cities”, Cho (2014, December 17) expressed the importance of sustainable infrastructure in a metropolitan setting and identified key areas in determining how infrastructure can add value to the community. She asserted that economic-driven developments in new cities are affected by metropolitan challenges and therefore enhancement in functionality and durability of infrastructure are essential to keep up with these developments. She further mentioned the economic, social and environmental effects on a community, which are to be taken into consideration. As an Impact King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) Fellow, Cho explains how she intended to apply the Envision sustainability rating system as an impartial guideline to evaluate sophisticated infrastructure development. In the course of the Fellowship, Cho said that “to provide an Envision evaluation on a major planned road that is foreseen to be the main entry point and arterial
