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February 20th, 2009

Megacities: thinking green

Posted by Harry Fuller @ 5:54 am

Categories: Blogroll, air pollution, building, cars & traffic, climate change, conservation, energy, engineering, environmental health, global warming, green tech, housing, mass transit, recycling, renewable energy, water

Tags: Planet, Human Population Growth, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Human population growth seems inevitable if problematic. As the number of humans on the planet continues to increase, it’s likely more and more people will crowd into dense urban areas with over 100,000 people per square mile. What will life be like? And what does that do to the planet?
Here’s one greentechie’s vision of how sustainable megacities could be built and, well, sustained. He has one idea that future generations may really dig, getting below the surface literally.

Harry FullerA newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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