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Masdar: Future City

Posted on 07. Feb, 2008 by Jonathan Cherry in Technology

Plans have been announced to build a new sustainable, zero-waste, car-free and carbon neutral city called Masdar  near Abu Dhabi.

The city would be walled on all sides, and house 50,000 people and
1,500 businesses. The electricity for the entire city would be
generated by solar energy harnessed by photovoltaic panels.

Three levels for movement for the city would include a light railway
between Masdar to Abu Dhabi, a second level for pedestrians, and a
third for “personalized rapid transport pods.” The public
transportation has been so planned that none of the city’s inhabitants
will be more than 200 meters from the nearest public transportation
link. Systems would encourage reuse and minimal resources, with 99% of
the waste generated in the city getting reused, or composted, and all
waste water would be reused as well, with solar energy desalination
systems.

One day – perhaps all new cities will be built like this – and ones that don’t work as well will be slowly rebuilt in this way.

More: Plans for Foster’s Masdar Carbon Neutral City Debut – Inhabitat