1. Austin, TX
Megan Molnar
Caroline Miller
Thomas Gooding
Alfonso Casaday

2. Topography

3. Local Climate Precipitation: 4 inches a month
Goes from 60 degrees in January to 97 degrees in July; in December, it goes back to 60 degrees.
Coolest Month: January
Warmest Month: August
Highest known temp: 112 degrees Fahrenheit

4. Biome Factors Temperate Grassland
Dominant Vegetation: Grass and shrubs
Climate: Temperate; Semi-arid to semi-humid
Soil: Fertile, rich nutrients and minerals
Animals: Large, grazing mammals as well as birds

5. Native Plant: Chinquapin Oak
The following traits help this oak survive in Austin, TX:
High water use efficiency
Drought tolerant
Also, the following plant would be useful in our new city plan because it can withstand the extreme heat Austin faces, especially during the summer.

6. Native Animal: Indigo Bunting Bird
Migratory during breeding season; migrates at night
Diet: Insects during summer; seeds during the winter
Communicates through sharp buzzes
It uses the heat to it’s advantage and migrates at night when it’s cooler
For our city, it would help know when certain areas are in danger through it’s sharp chirp.

7. How Austin Acquires Energy, Food, Water, Etc.
We have urban farming, which helps save space and uses the Sun in order to grow crops; our crops grow vertically.
We acquire food from our farms; we grow a variety of products.
We acquire our water from Colorado; we have an agreement with them that we can divert water from their river.

8. What Do They Do With Waste?
They’ll roll their garbage bins to the bottom of the driveway and we will collect it on Tuesdays and Fridays. We will collect recycling on Mondays and Thursdays. In addition, we will have people sift through the garbage and see if any of the materials can be recycled.

9. Transportation
We will have many cabs and buses to help limit the amount of pollution released into the air.
Also, our city plan will consist of a newly developed trolley system; it’s cheap, and very efficient.

10. Where People Live and Work
We will have many tall buildings that are pretty disperse throughout so that it does not create it’s own microclimate.
People who live in Austin might also work within the same building; there are a lot of people who work as businessmen, so in our plan the businesses will be on the first few floors; housing will be on the upper floors.

11. Areas for Wildlife
We plan on developing a park that will help preserve the plant and animal species in Austin and can also act as a tourist attraction.