Tuesday November 08, 2005 
Tuesday November 08, 2005
slashdot.org -> observer.guardian.co.uk :
British engineers will this week sign a multi-billion contract with the Chinese authorities to design and build a string of 'eco-cities' - self-sustaining urban centres the size of a large western capital - in the booming country. Arup, the London-based consulting firm that has already signed up for one such project near Shanghai, will announce it has clinched a deal to extend the concept into a string of cities around China.
The eco-cities are regarded both as a prototype for urban living in over-populated and polluted environments and as a magnet for investment funds into the rapidly growing Chinese economy.
The Dongtan development, on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze river near Shanghai, aims to build a city three-quarters the size of Manhattan by 2040. The first phase will accommodate some 50,000 people. It is on target to be open by the time of the Shanghai Expo trade fair in 2010.
- The environmental problems currently faced by the Chinese are well-documented :
See also :
1. China's Next Big Boom Could Be the Foul Air
2. Environment Suffers Severely In China's Dash to Develop
3. China : Environmental meltdown
4. China : Limits to Growth?
(2005-11-08 12:45:05 SGT)
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