Asian cities should grow up, not linearly, to reduce CO2
The Earth Times, 12 Nov 2008 08:33:14 GMT
Bangkok -To reduce carbon dioxide emissions - blamed for global warming - Asian cities of the future should grow vertically instead of horizontally, a leading transport expert said Wednesday. "In many Asian cities, people are building new housing developments 20, 30, 40 or 60 kilometres out of town and this means people are taking longer to get to work," said Charles Melhuish, technical director with the UK government's Transport Knowledge Partnership.
"Instead, they should be developing a compact, high-rise city, which is also easier to serve in terms of power, water and sanitation. Each time you extend a city in a linear fashion, all the infrastructure costs increase fantastically," said Melhuish, a speaker at the Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2008 workshop in Bangkok, which has drawn about 900 participants.
Melhuish cited Singapore and Bogota, Colombia, as two cities
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