http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/01/dongtan-modern-day-shangri-la/ A blog on cities, design, planning and sustainable development, featuring work by Jesse Fox and others. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:40:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/01/dongtan-modern-day-shangri-la/comment-page-1/#comment-16692 A Tour of World’s First Post-Petroleum City | Sustainable City Blog Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:54:42 +0000 http://www.jessefoxblog.com/?p=855#comment-16692 [...] some of the big plans for new ecological cities elsewhere in the world have faltered of late, work on Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is well underway and plowing ahead at full speed. A small [...] [...] some of the big plans for new ecological cities elsewhere in the world have faltered of late, work on Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is well underway and plowing ahead at full speed. A small [...]

]]> http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/01/dongtan-modern-day-shangri-la/comment-page-1/#comment-8144 green design Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.jessefoxblog.com/?p=855#comment-8144 It's a pity that the project is stopped and all references to it was held from the website of Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The critics, such as China Digital Times claim that such projects are “designed by big-name foreign architectural and engineering firms who plunged into the projects with little understanding of Chinese politics, culture, and economics — and with little feel for the needs of local residents whom the utopian communities were designed to serve”. It’s a pity that the project is stopped and all references to it was held from the website of Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The critics, such as China Digital Times claim that such projects are “designed by big-name foreign architectural and engineering firms who plunged into the projects with little understanding of Chinese politics, culture, and economics — and with little feel for the needs of local residents whom the utopian communities were designed to serve”.

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