{"id":11247,"date":"2007-02-15T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T03:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/02\/15\/china-envisions-environmentally-friendly-eco-city-calum-mccleod\/"},"modified":"2007-02-15T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2007-02-16T03:18:19","slug":"china-envisions-environmentally-friendly-eco-city-calum-mccleod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/02\/china-envisions-environmentally-friendly-eco-city-calum-mccleod\/","title":{"rendered":"China Envisions Environmentally Friendly ‘Eco-city’ – Calum Mccleod"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USA Today takes a look at Dongtan, the new zero-emissions development planned for Chongming<\/a> Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River:\n<\/p>\n

\nThe British design firm hired by SIIC to design Dongtan says the city will be practical and commercially sensible ” high-tech, economically vibrant, a model for urban planners everywhere ” not a green utopian boondoggle.<\/p>\n

“The main grid of the city will be for walking and cycling, not cars. There will be public transport within (550 yards) of each home,” says Peter Head, director of <\/em>Arup<\/a><\/em>, the British firm designing Dongtan. “With no (gasoline) or diesel engines, Dongtan will be a quiet place. So you can open windows and ventilate buildings.” <\/em>[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nBilled as the world’s first “eco-city,” Dongtan will occupy an area roughly three-quarters the size of Manhattan and be powered entirely by renewable energy with grass planted on rooftops for insulation.\n<\/p>\n

\nNot everyone is buying the pitch: “River Runs Black” author Elizabeth Economy<\/a> tells the newspaper she thinks the project has potential but also points out China “is littered with expensive demonstration projects that have not been replicated.”\n<\/p>\n

\nSee The Independent for a more detailed (if less skeptical) take on the project<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USA Today takes a look at Dongtan, the new zero-emissions development planned for Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River: The British design firm hired by SIIC to design Dongtan says the city will be practical and commercially sensible ” high-tech, economically vibrant, a model for urban planners everywhere ” not a green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[132,6],"tags":[6679,4471,2138,3425],"class_list":["post-11247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-crisis","category-sci-tech","tag-climate-change","tag-dongtan","tag-eco-city","tag-urban-planning","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nChina Envisions Environmentally Friendly 'Eco-city' - 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