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Dongtan - Ecocity
- Background Info
- Dongtan to be the world's first ecopolis
- 80,000 will live in a car free,
carbon-nutral, zero emission,
recycling city
- Ecological footprint 1/3 of that emitted
by people 45km north of Shanghai by
2020
- Biggest single building project in
the world
- In a country seen as the
biggest risk to the plant's
green future
- Dongtan is on Chongming Island
- At present mainly paddy fields, corn fields, crab
ponds and a designated RAMSAR wetland with a
rich wildlife
- Building started in summer 2006, by
2010 it will be three quarters of the size
of Manhattan with 50,000 population
- What is so special about Dongtan
- Differs markedly from China's
track record of urbanisation
involving:
- Pollution
- Traffic congestion
- Often social unrest
- Politically
significant
- Wetlands
- instead of being drained and
built on, will be a focus
- Canals, lakes and marinas will run
through the city with solar powered
water taxis
- Housing
- Rather than just luxury flats for the
new rich,will include low-cost
'affordable' apartments
- Pedestrian villages
- Each with its own district
character
- Marina
- Lake
- Pond
- The city will then
continue to grow as a
collection of towns
- connected by:
- cycle routes
- Public transport corridors
- Footpaths
- Aim: nobody will have to
walk more than 7 minutes
from any part of the city to
reach a bus or tram stop
- Developers have to
prove they are using
sustainable
materials
- Waste will
be treated
- No landfill aloud
- Sewage will be processed
for irrigation and
composting
- Only clean fuel
vehicles
- hydrogen cars
- Visitors park outside city
- Renewable energy has priority
- Source food
locally
- Grey water
recycled
- Buildings for mixed use
- Fears for Dongtan's Success
- Vitality and sustainability of an
ecosystem depends on its
self-regulation ability
- Water resources
- Is tourism
sustainable?
- Fear it will become a Ghetto for the
'middle class'
- Salt water marshes, tidal creeks
and intertidal mudflats will face
great pressure from growth of
city
- Initial phase will cost
around £1.5 billion
- Figures are expected
to rise into
double-fidget billions
- Is it a completely new idea?
- Bedzed
- Chinas rural eco-settlements
- Planed development of
Sociopolis Valemcia
- Shanty towns
- efficient use of power
- recycling
- Private agriculture
- Pedestrianisation
- Green buildings
- Melbourne city council