CIVTERRA is a specific city type developed specifically
for the terraforming process, advanced by the Mars
Planetary Development Corporation and established in the
Mars Directive Treaty. It is a short-term energy
enhancement source, a long-term population/cultural
center and a protective shell during the long
terraforming process.
CIVTERRA is an
enabler of population accelerant with least disrupted
land consumption. After the 20th century concept
of Arcology (architecture and ecology) envisioned by
Paolo Soleri, CIVTERRA concentrates the city into a
richly dense, vertically arranged composition for a new
form of dynamic urban life.
This new urban life
is void of cars, making pedestrian travel the ideal and
preferred mode of transportation. Distances in a
CIVTERRA are measured in minutes and not miles.
The CIVTERRA is
further ideally suited to the evolution of Mars in the
following ways:
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With Mars' land
area at about 1/2 that of Earth, the CIVTERRA
dramatically reduces the land area required for
large population that would otherwise rapidly
consume this small planet. |
| 2.
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One-third
gravity on Mars will allow urban structures to go
three times higher than here on earth. |
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Mars' surface
is thick with permafrost. As terraforming
occurs, this surface will warm and melt, thus
initially creating unstable land surfaces.
The CIVTERRA's small footprint will allow
engineers to preheat and condition small land
areas for the city and thus allow the surrounding
large tracts to slowly adjust without impacting
the city. |
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