They may have some of the dirtiest metropolis skies in the planet , but at least the Chinese authority are doing something about it . Check out the unripened , beautiful urban planning for the future ofBeijing Central Business District :
I do n’t know if the plushy gardens , the green public transportation system , and the footer and bike - well-disposed road web would help with their contamination problems , but they surely look pretty . SOM — the architects who won the Beijing Central Business District contest — say that it will aid redeem a stack of money and resource :
The SOM design delimit new strategies for building municipal base and high carrying into action edifice . Implementation of the plan could reduce zip use within the district by 50 % , cut water using up by 48 % , keep down landfill waste by 80 % , and leave in a 50 % decrease in carbon emission . Reduction in emissions from office building alone would equate to a reduction of 215,000 tons of CO2 per yr , which is the eq of found 14 million grownup trees .
Now , if they could make the Chinese government to respect Human Rights , then this city expansion would be truly people - friendly . [ SOMviaOtto ]
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