Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Masdar City Model (1/7)
Abu Dhabi's Masdar City is intended to support 40,000 residents and 50,000 commuters. It will be car free relying on an individualized sort of public transportation, comparable to riding your private metro car. (Graphic: Foster+Partners)
Image 1 of 7
Masdar City Model (1/7)
Abu Dhabi's Masdar City is intended to support 40,000 residents and 50,000 commuters. It will be car free relying on an individualized sort of public transportation, comparable to riding your private metro car. (Graphic: Foster+Partners)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Masdar City City Hall (2/7)
The city, which will accommodate private residences and businesses, is intended to be the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city fully powered by renewable energy. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 2 of 7
Masdar City City Hall (2/7)
The city, which will accommodate private residences and businesses, is intended to be the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city fully powered by renewable energy. (Photo: Reuters)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Lighthouse Project or Distraction? (3/7)
Former U.S. President George W. Bush talks to UAE's Masdar Chief Executive Officer Sultan Al Jaber at the Masdar project exhibition at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi in January 2008.
Fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to declining oil reserves are fueling Abu Dhabi's move to built "smart cities" running on solar and wind power. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 3 of 7
Lighthouse Project or Distraction? (3/7)
Former U.S. President George W. Bush talks to UAE's Masdar Chief Executive Officer Sultan Al Jaber at the Masdar project exhibition at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi in January 2008.
Fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to declining oil reserves are fueling Abu Dhabi's move to built "smart cities" running on solar and wind power. (Photo: Reuters)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Masdar City Model I (4/7)
The 22 billion dollar initiative to build a brand new, zero-emissions city for 50,000 people was planned by the British Firm Foster + Partners.
It is one of the first ecocity projects to receive widespread coverage in the press, and is supported by, among others, the World Wildlife Fund. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 4 of 7
Masdar City Model I (4/7)
The 22 billion dollar initiative to build a brand new, zero-emissions city for 50,000 people was planned by the British Firm Foster + Partners.
It is one of the first ecocity projects to receive widespread coverage in the press, and is supported by, among others, the World Wildlife Fund. (Photo: Reuters)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Masdar City Model II (5/7)
A model of Masdar City is seen at the Masdar exhibit during the Cityscape exhibition in Abu Dhabi in May 2008.
The city will also include a new university, special economic zones, and an Innovation Center. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 5 of 7
Masdar City Model II (5/7)
A model of Masdar City is seen at the Masdar exhibit during the Cityscape exhibition in Abu Dhabi in May 2008.
The city will also include a new university, special economic zones, and an Innovation Center. (Photo: Reuters)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Dongtan Ecocity (6/7)
A model of the Dongtan Ecocity is displayed in the developing centre in Dongtan, on Chong Ming Island southeast to Shanghai, China.
The designers and masterplanners for the ecocity Dongtan plan to make the city sustainable not just environmentally but also socially, economically, and culturally. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 6 of 7
Dongtan Ecocity (6/7)
A model of the Dongtan Ecocity is displayed in the developing centre in Dongtan, on Chong Ming Island southeast to Shanghai, China.
The designers and masterplanners for the ecocity Dongtan plan to make the city sustainable not just environmentally but also socially, economically, and culturally. (Photo: Reuters)
Masdar City: A Desert Utopia
Dongtan Wetlands (7/7)
A woman cycles with her child in the Dongtan Wetland area, where Dongtan Ecocity is planned to be built, on Chong Ming Island southeast to Shanghai, China.
Shanghai's Dongtan Ecocity wants to become the world's first carbon-neutral city. (Photo: Reuters)
Image 7 of 7
Dongtan Wetlands (7/7)
A woman cycles with her child in the Dongtan Wetland area, where Dongtan Ecocity is planned to be built, on Chong Ming Island southeast to Shanghai, China.
Shanghai's Dongtan Ecocity wants to become the world's first carbon-neutral city. (Photo: Reuters)
![[Image:The World's Ten Biggest Metropolitan Areas]](/nopi_downloads/images/Tokyo_2_teaser.jpg)
![[Image:11 Ways to Address Water Scarcity]](/nopi_downloads/images/lifestraw_162104.jpg)
![[Image:The UN Climate Change Report]](/nopi_downloads/images/teaser_global-and-cont-temp_1.jpg)
![[Image:Renewable Energy from Roads and People]](/nopi_downloads/images/asphalt_temp_t.jpg)
![[Image:Ten Causes of Deforestation]](/nopi_downloads/images/burned_jungle_tm.jpg)
![[Image:Ten Most Populous Countries]](/nopi_downloads/images/1.china_t.jpg)
![[Image:The Best Ways to Use Renewable Energy]](/nopi_downloads/images/solar_spain_bigthumb.jpg)
![[Image:Global Warming: The Arctic Meltdown]](/nopi_downloads/images/arctic_sea-ice_sep07_t.jpg)
![[Image:India: Growth vs. Climate Protection]](/nopi_downloads/images/rickshaw_flooding_teaser_2.jpg)
![[Image:Ten of the Most Important Forests Worldwide]](/nopi_downloads/images/amazon_14817883_tm_1.jpg)
![[Image:Climate Tipping Points]](/nopi_downloads/images/schneider_thumb_2.jpg)
![[Image:Is A Wind Turbine Right for You?]](/nopi_downloads/images/stimmel_thumb_3.jpg)
![[Image:Causes for Global Warming – horizontal]](/nopi_downloads/images/Global_Warming_quer_1.jpg)
![[Image:Adapting to Climate Change]](/nopi_downloads/images/steiner_thumb.jpg)
![[Image:Access to Safe Drinking Water]](/nopi_downloads/images/WaterCoverage_t.jpg)
![[Image:How to Stop Global Warming?]](/nopi_downloads/images/wenders.jpg)
![[Image:Emissions Targets for Kyoto Protocol Members]](/nopi_downloads/images/300707_kyoto_emissionen_2.jpg)
![[Image:Climate Change and Hurricanes]](/nopi_downloads/images/wwf_thumb_1.jpg)
![[Image:Life Expectancy vs. Income]](/nopi_downloads/images/demographic change_income vs life expectancy_72dpi_2.jpg)
![[Image:Global Transportation Growth versus Climate Protection]](/nopi_downloads/images/mobility_300707_1.jpg)
![[Image:Global Growth Since 1700]](/nopi_downloads/images/demographic change_global population_72dpi_2.jpg)
![[Image:How to Stop Global Warming?]](/nopi_downloads/images/gage.jpg)
![[Image:React or Accept? Costs for Climate Change]](/nopi_downloads/images/Early_Action_DMC070730_1.jpg)
![[Image:Kyoto Protocol]](/nopi_downloads/images/animation-kyoto1.jpg)
![[Image:Age Structure in Selected Regions]](/nopi_downloads/images/demographic change_population age structure _72dpi_3.jpg)
![[Image:How Demographic Change Transforms France]](/nopi_downloads/images/paris_child_protest_fertility_t.jpg)
![[Image:Investing in Green Energy]](/nopi_downloads/images/climate_investment.jpg)
![[Image:Population Change 2007]](/nopi_downloads/images/demographic change_population growth_72dpi_2_1.jpg)
![[Image:Corporate Green Power]](/nopi_downloads/images/C_Green_Power2_300707_1_1.jpg)
![[Image:How Brazil Reacts to Climate Change]](/nopi_downloads/images/rio_162x104.jpg)
![[Image:How to Prevent and Fight Floods]](/nopi_downloads/images/floodstreetsign_teaser_RTRO.jpg)
![[Image:Ten Groundbreaking Microfinance Providers]](/nopi_downloads/images/Asa_thumb_1.jpg)
![[Image:Masdar City: A Desert Utopia]](/nopi_downloads/images/masdar_city_aerial_shot_t.jpg)
![[Image:Real Earth: Water Supplies]](/nopi_downloads/images/325_water_industrial_t.jpg)
![[Image:Clean Development Mechanisms]](/nopi_downloads/images/CDM_Schweiz_Letaba_300707_1.jpg)
![[Image:Solar Power: The Unlimited Source]](/nopi_downloads/images/solar-tower_thermal-power_t_2.jpg)
![[Image:World Energy Outlook 2008]](/nopi_downloads/images/1-world-energy-demand_t.jpg)
![[Image:Real Earth: Migration Worldwide]](/nopi_downloads/images/017_net_immigration_teaser.jpg)
![[Image:Scenarios for Climate Change Costs]](/nopi_downloads/images/Climate_Change_Costs_300707_1.jpg)
![[Image:Can everyone on Earth have a car?]](/nopi_downloads/images/mittal.jpg)
![[Image:Elisabet Sahtouris]](/nopi_downloads/images/025_sahtouris.jpg)
Write a comment
Comments