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for CBD; D
2
for government area; D
3
for settlement area; D
4
for education area; D
5
for green area; D
6
for mixed use area; etc. District, as chromosome of the city, has a specific function to
make the city process.
Figure 7. District: The Genetic Expression of the City
4. The Genetic Transmission of Solo
The city as an organism physically can most simply be identified as a tree. Like the city, the tree can grow horizontally,
vertically and interstitially. Otherwise, it always stands permanently above the land, as well as the city. Both of the city
and the tree, they have almost the same process of standing, rising and opening morphology in the environment. City as an
organism, like human, animal or plant, has a transmission system which is delivered from generation to generation. The element H,
as the main factor of the transmission T process, is also depending on the resources of another element B and L.
Through T process, city can be continued or even be duplicated to another place by the next generation which is using the
resource of human H, building B and land L. T process is the most powerful of the meaning of the city as an organism, agreed
with the last terminology of organism: ‘whatever that used the resource of the world to recover or duplicate themselves’. The T
process will be including how to build, how to maintain, how to recover, how to sustain, etc., which is actually using the element
of HBL in the city of Solo.
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5. The Genetic Variation of Solo
According to the analysis above, Solo has some variants of H, B, L, D and T. The variation of those substances will make
the city be different. The specification and the classification of H, B, and L; the quantity and the quality of D; the velocity and the
capacity of T; are the genetic variation of the city as an organism. It is believed that there are 100 billion cells, 80,000 genes and 23
chromosomes in the human being. By analogy, there are thousands of buildings in Solo, 600,000 of citizens and tens of
districts in the city of Solo. To find the identification of specification, classification, quality, quantity, velocity, capacity,
etc. is out of the focus in this paper. F. CONCLUSION
The city as a human development ecosystem is absolutely depending on the relationship among the main element
of the city: human H, building B and land L. These elements are being the genetic material of the city as an organism. The
compounding of these elements will construct a district D. Like chromosome, the district is being a genetic expression of the city
as an organism. In the meantime, to operate and to sustain the daily activities, the city needs T process. T process shows that
the city is actually the same as organism, agreed with the last
terminology of organism: ‘whatever that used the resource of the world to recover or duplicate themselves’. Like photosynthesis, T
process is being a genetic transmission of the city as an organism. Afterwards, the variation of H, B, L, D and T is actually
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