b'MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORKS|URBAN GATEWAYSRESEARCH THESIS Wang XiaoweiMegaprojects, Urban Design and Water: the Sydney Olympics and Shanghai ExpoThe problems of water scarcity and sustainablefield research, interviews, newspaper articles, development have received considerablebooks, journals and published reports. Water attention, particularly with rapid urbanisationsensitive urban design practices from different and the construction of recent high profilelocations were also reviewed. The thesis megaprojects. Serious environmental problemsdemonstrates that the Olympic site and the and pollution that result from these largeExpo site have dramatic differences in their scale projects have been reported widely. Asapproach to water. This difference extended a result, sustainable development and theto water catchment, water treatment, water environmental legacy left for future generationssurface and water experience and recreation. by megaprojects are now being consideredIn considering best-practice that exists for as integral to the planning processes thatwater sustainability, the thesis concludes with 167 drive these massive developments. This questa recommendation that future megaprojects for sustainability has also focussed on post- should include a clear emphasis on event redevelopment. This thesis uses twosustainable design early in their design and case studies: the Sydney Olympic Park andplanning stages. This focus on sustainability the Shanghai Expo site, to investigate theshould include water as a central element for relationship between megaprojects, urbanconsideration. By understanding the manner design and water. Using historical records,in which the two megaprojects dealt with descriptive research and comparativeissues of water provides urban designers with evaluation research, an exploration was madea greater understanding of how megaprojects of the different water management approachesimpact the environment.used at the two sites. Data was sourced from MUDD 24 - Urban Gateways | Urban Networksnormal research page0131 8 PT.indd 10 26/11/2019 5:02:47 PM'