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SUSTAINABLE CITIES FOR OUR FUTURE
by Sandy Edge, Principal, and Ruffina Thilakartne, Researcher

Article at a glance

During the next few decades cities of developing countries are projected to absorb all the population growth expected worldwide. To formulate the best response to the environmental issues this creates, the authors look at the current linear city model of resource use compared to an alternative circular city model. China is taking initiatives on this front. Dongtan, one of the world’s first eco-cities, is currently being planned on Chongming Island, thirty kilometres to the north of Shanghai in the Yangtze River delta.

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