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  • China's first 'ecocity' is attempting to create a sustainable urban area.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • December 13th, 2009 at 11: 04 pm can you tell me what public transportation can contibute to the development of ecocity?

    TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Top 5 Cities For Public Transit | Inhabitat 2007

  • Masdar Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Floating on an ocean of black gold, the ecocity of Masdar will have a wind turbine plant and photovoltaics on every corner, and gray-water canals will cool its narrow walkways.

    Ecotopias Aren't Just for Hippies Anymore — and They're Sprouting Up Worldwide Frank Bures 2008

  • Moroka Dam, a market at Green House, the Delta environmental centre and the Johannesburg ecocity.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Johannesburg's ecocity, located in Ivory Park, Midrand, was a

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • The low-density development/car/paving/cheap energy infrastructure is a whole system of integrally related parts, not an aggregate of unrelated parts, and we'd better realize that the whole thing is pathologically dysfunctional and chuck it fast for what in some circles is called the "ecocity."

    East Bay Express editor@eastbayexpress.com 2010

  • The low-density development/car/paving/cheap energy infrastructure is a whole system of integrally related parts, not an aggregate of unrelated parts, and we'd better realize that the whole thing is pathologically dysfunctional and chuck it fast for what in some circles is called the "ecocity."

    East Bay Express editor@eastbayexpress.com 2010

  • In the south of Shanghai, an ecocity called Dongtan is being built for a population of 80,000; in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) a sustainable city is planned.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments opendemocracy 2008

  • Meanwhile, following the lead of several other Gulf states, Qatar has decided to build its own ecocity.

    TreeHugger 2008

  • "The Ziggurat," unveiled at last month's Cityscape Dubai conference, would be a self-contained ecocity with a population of one million.

    TreeHugger 2008

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