The world's largest sustainable city, extending about 30 square kilometers, with urban living conditions has been developed in South Asian country of China. Rising from wastelands in China, the globe's biggest eco-city of Tianjin is located 150 kilometres (93 miles) southeast from Beijing that means less than an hour on the new high-speed train line. The city, designed to be around half the size of Manhattan Island in the United States, is slated to be enriched by the hottest energy-saving technologies. Designed by Surbana Urban Planning Group, the city is planned to have an advanced light rail transit system and varied eco-landscapes ranging from a sun-powered solarscape to a greenery-clad earthscape for its estimated 350,000 residents. A sustainable city or eco-city is a preplanned city to produce their own energy, food and water in a way that does not cause detriment to the world in forms such as waste, water pollution or damage to the air. Read more at link above.
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World’s largest sustainable city developed in China
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Sustainable city
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
A sustainable city, or eco-city is a city designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimization of required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution - CO2, methane, and water pollution. Richard Register first coined the term "ecocity" in his 1987 book, Ecocity Berkeley: Building Cities for a Healthy Future.[1] Other leading figures who envisioned the sustainable city are architect Paul F Downton, who later founded the company Ecopolis Pty Ltd, and authors Timothy Beatley and Steffen Lehmann,[2] who have written extensively on the subject. The field of industrial ecology is sometimes used in planning these cities.
There remains no completely agreed upon definition for what a sustainable city should be or completely agreed upon paradigm for what components should be included. Generally, developmental experts agree that a sustainable city should meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The ambiguity within this idea leads to a great deal of variation in terms of how cities carry out their attempts to become sustainable.[3] However, a sustainable city should be able to feed itself with minimal reliance on the surrounding countryside, and power itself with renewable sources of energy. The crux of this is to create the smallest possible ecological footprint, and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land; compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and thus the city's overall contribution to climate change will be minimal, if such practices are adhered to.
It is estimated that over 50%[4] of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas. These large communities provide both challenges and opportunities for environmentally conscious developers, and there are distinct advantages to further defining and working towards the goals of sustainable cities. Humans are social creatures and thrive in urban spaces that foster social connections. Because of this, a shift to more dense, urban living would provide an outlet for social interaction and conditions under which humans can prosper. Contrary to common belief, urban systems can be more environmentally sustainable than rural or suburban living. With people and resource located so close to one another it is possible to save energy and resources things such as food transportation and mass transit systems. Finally, cities benefit the economy by locating human capital in one relatively small geographic area where ideas can be generated.
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Sustainable city
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
A sustainable city, or eco-city is a city designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimization of required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution - CO2, methane, and water pollution. Richard Register first coined the term "ecocity" in his 1987 book, Ecocity Berkeley: Building Cities for a Healthy Future.[1] Other leading figures who envisioned the sustainable city are architect Paul F Downton, who later founded the company Ecopolis Pty Ltd, and authors Timothy Beatley and Steffen Lehmann,[2] who have written extensively on the subject. The field of industrial ecology is sometimes used in planning these cities.
There remains no completely agreed upon definition for what a sustainable city should be or completely agreed upon paradigm for what components should be included. Generally, developmental experts agree that a sustainable city should meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The ambiguity within this idea leads to a great deal of variation in terms of how cities carry out their attempts to become sustainable.[3] However, a sustainable city should be able to feed itself with minimal reliance on the surrounding countryside, and power itself with renewable sources of energy. The crux of this is to create the smallest possible ecological footprint, and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land; compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and thus the city's overall contribution to climate change will be minimal, if such practices are adhered to.
It is estimated that over 50%[4] of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas. These large communities provide both challenges and opportunities for environmentally conscious developers, and there are distinct advantages to further defining and working towards the goals of sustainable cities. Humans are social creatures and thrive in urban spaces that foster social connections. Because of this, a shift to more dense, urban living would provide an outlet for social interaction and conditions under which humans can prosper. Contrary to common belief, urban systems can be more environmentally sustainable than rural or suburban living. With people and resource located so close to one another it is possible to save energy and resources things such as food transportation and mass transit systems. Finally, cities benefit the economy by locating human capital in one relatively small geographic area where ideas can be generated.
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I would be very surprised if this is any more than propaganda, the Chinese are hell bent on having the "worlds best" everything, if the real facts were known it will probably turn out to be like those hybrid cars that are in reality less eco than a 4x4 due to the battery production.
All high tech stuff requires rare earth minerals, and those that come from Africa are extracted in the same manner as "blood diamonds", which is a whole different ball game of "unfriendly"
All high tech stuff requires rare earth minerals, and those that come from Africa are extracted in the same manner as "blood diamonds", which is a whole different ball game of "unfriendly"
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The Chinese are always surprising me. It reminds me of back in the 50s when the US was first taking off only now it is China taking off - they're doing it at sonic speed. I was thinking about China earlier this morning and thought "the good, the bad and the ugly" pretty much exists for many nations including the US. I had hoped the Chinese would not make the same mistakes the US did with all their polluting factories. No such luck. They got snookered and will have to deal with the fallout from pollution. I just don't understand why anyone with a brain doesn't get the understanding of long term damage pollution creates and doesn't look at how to manufacture without creating resulting damage to the environment and humans.
I've been impressed with much of what many countries do when they are looking to help their people. Some just do a better job of it then others. China has a vast population to consider. That they would even have this concept and are working towards something of this nature says something very positive about their intention to make life better for their people. Now the issue and challenge for China is if they can actually implement this type of concept. Something like this is possible and those with foresight, intelligence, compassion for humankind and life in general can move human evolution in the right direction if given the tools and skills to do so.
Much of this advanced technology exists within the shadow government programs. I truly am hoping that we don't have to wait years for this to be made available to the public in general. I just don't get the concept of unnecessary suffering for the masses when there is a better way already available to the very select few. What's that all about?
I've been impressed with much of what many countries do when they are looking to help their people. Some just do a better job of it then others. China has a vast population to consider. That they would even have this concept and are working towards something of this nature says something very positive about their intention to make life better for their people. Now the issue and challenge for China is if they can actually implement this type of concept. Something like this is possible and those with foresight, intelligence, compassion for humankind and life in general can move human evolution in the right direction if given the tools and skills to do so.
Much of this advanced technology exists within the shadow government programs. I truly am hoping that we don't have to wait years for this to be made available to the public in general. I just don't get the concept of unnecessary suffering for the masses when there is a better way already available to the very select few. What's that all about?
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What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night, the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
With deepest respect ~ Aloha & Mahalo, Carol