{"id":767,"date":"2006-05-10T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2006-05-10T17:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=767"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:53:43","slug":"china-to-build-ec0-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/05\/10\/china-to-build-ec0-city\/","title":{"rendered":"China to Build Eco-City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_ss_05_12_china_wonders_image_dongtan_nightscape_eco_city.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our &#8220;History of our Future&#8221; issue of <em>Spacing<\/em>, we ran several articles about ideal, sustainable city ideas, including an &#8220;arcology&#8221; in the stadium-formerly-known-as-Skydome.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it looks like the Chinese are on their way to actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/guardianweekly\/outlook\/story\/0,,1767547,00.html\">building an utopian sustainable city, Dongtan<\/a>, on an island in the mouth of the Yangtse river. According to the <em>Guardian<\/em>, it will look something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>None of the buildings is more than eight storeys high. Turf and vege\u00adtation cover the roofs, a natural form of insulation that also recycles waste water. The town has six times more space for pedestrians than Copen\u00adhagen, one of Europe&#8217;s airiest \u00adcapitals. Pollution-free buses, \u00adpowered by fuel cells, run between neighbourhoods. An intranet service forecasts travel times and connects people who want to share a car. \u00adTraditional motorbikes are for\u00adbidden, replaced by \u00adelectric scooters or \u00adbicycles. The roads are laid out so that walking or cycling to work is quicker than \u00addriving.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The contracts have already been signed and design is apparently underway.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting, though, that the whole thing still has a kind of &#8220;megaproject&#8221; feel about it. I wonder whether that might undermine the execution of what seem to be good intentions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our &#8220;History of our Future&#8221; issue of Spacing, we ran several articles about ideal, sustainable city ideas, including an &#8220;arcology&#8221; in the stadium-formerly-known-as-Skydome. Well, it looks like the Chinese are on their way to actually building an utopian sustainable city, Dongtan, on an island in the mouth of the Yangtse river. 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