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  • In East London, for example, the organizers of the 2012 Olympics are restoring a massive industrial wasteland into an efficient eco-city.

    Terry Tamminen: The City of the Future Is Already Here Terry Tamminen 2011

  • In East London, for example, the organizers of the 2012 Olympics are restoring a massive industrial wasteland into an efficient eco-city.

    Terry Tamminen: The City of the Future Is Already Here Terry Tamminen 2011

  • Some of the most ambitious projects—and the greatest source of innovative ideas—are the dozens of "eco-city" developments in the works or on drawing boards around the world.

    How to Build a Greener City Michael Totty 2011

  • In East London, for example, the organizers of the 2012 Olympics are restoring a massive industrial wasteland into an efficient eco-city.

    Terry Tamminen: The City of the Future Is Already Here Terry Tamminen 2011

  • Some of the most ambitious projects—and the greatest source of innovative ideas—are the dozens of "eco-city" developments in the works or on drawing boards around the world.

    HOW TO BUILD A GREENER CITY Michael Totty 2011

  • One novel approach under consideration by the PlanIT Valley project, an eco-city development planned for northern Portugal: Aluminum cans are processed with water and energy, producing aluminum oxide and hydrogen, which can then be used to power fuel cells.

    How to Build a Greener City Michael Totty 2011

  • Following other ambitious eco-city projects like Dongtan in China and Masdar in Abu Dhabi this project will cause the carbon emissions of people living there to decline over the next decade.

    Zira Island by BIG Architects 2009

  • Charlotte, North Carolina-based architecture firm Little Diversified Architectural Consulting has conceived of an incredible project that transforms a vacant parking lot in Dallas into a completely self-reliant eco-city.

    Danielle Rago | Inhabitat 2009

  • Common in Europe, high-efficiency district heating systems are being used in South Korea's Songdo IBD and are in the plans for other eco-city developments.

    How to Build a Greener City Michael Totty 2011

  • Although still a novelty, PRTs are operating at Heathrow International Airport near London and at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Masdar City, an eco-city development in Abu Dhabi.

    How to Build a Greener City Michael Totty 2011

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