Ecologist: Peter Hume examines plans for a zero-carbon, zero-waste, car free city in Abu Dhabi that will rely entirely on renewable energy sources, and asks whether the concept can become a sustainable reality......
Several attempts have been made to build sustainable cities. The Eden Project aimed to create a self-contained ecosystem; Dongtan and Huangbaiyu in China were both conceived as carbon-lean cities. These projects have all, to some extent, failed to meet their goals.
The Eden Project serves...