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INDEX Awards: Dongtan Eco-City

Dongtan Ecocity

There have been some incredible improvements in eco-technology over the past couple year, but eventually we’re going to have to think about how to re-design our cities to make full use of them.

The Dongtan Eco-City maybe be something to look at. It’s a community designed to have minimal impact and promote eco-living. The city will be designed to promote walking, biking or taking public transportation. Farms will be organic. As for waste, it’s used as a eco-friendly biofuel.

The city will demonstrate to the world a new way of living, a new approach to designing urban environments and a way of building communities that minimises impact on the environment. Arup secured a £1.5m UK Government grant to unite China and UK research institutions in identifying and sharing best practice. Inhabitants will live an improved lifestyle. The location of land uses, transport planning and public space design encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking. Dongtan will be a Zero Carbon Emission zone. Farmland within the Dongtan site will use organic farming methods to grow food. Waste is a resource and will be recycled as biomass for energy production. Energy will be provided almost entirely by renewable means. Dongtan is designed to reduce the environmental impact of a ‘business as usual’ city, so that the Ramsar bird habitat, located on the south-eastern side of Chongming Island, is protected and enhanced.

via INDEX Awards

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