Eco-Cities

Started by FayeforCure, August 21, 2011, 10:20:15 AM

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FayeforCure

August 21, 2011, 10:20:15 AM
While we are still working on retro-fitting our cities to be eco-friendly, China has started the wave of the future by building eco-cities from scratch:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/tianjin-eco-city_n_806972.html#s221860
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Doctor_K

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August 25, 2011, 11:24:10 AM
Quote from: FayeforCure on August 21, 2011, 10:20:15 AM
While we are still working on retro-fitting our cities to be eco-friendly, China has started the wave of the future by building eco-cities from scratch:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/tianjin-eco-city_n_806972.html#s221860

Well ok. 

But how many thousands of acres of greenfield are they going to destroy in order to build an eco-city?  Retro-fitting existing is better than sacrificing more greenfield, no?
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Tacachale

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August 25, 2011, 11:31:17 AM
^EPCOT, anyone?
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