Dongtang Flashcards
What has Dongtang claimed to be?
Dongtan on Chongming Island has claimed to be the world’s first carbon-neutral city built intentionally.
Where is Dongtang located?
Dongtan is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Chongming Island.
How much land is Dongtang situated on?
It is situated on 86 square kilometres of agricultural land adjacent to an internationally important wetland.
How does the city want to minimise the effect on the wetland?
The city design incorporates a 3.5 square kilometre wide buffer zone between the city and the wetland to minimize the impact of the development.
How much of the available land could the city take up?
It is situated on 86 square kilometres of agricultural land adjacent to an internationally important wetland.
What does the city aim to be?
Dongtan was presented at the United Nations World Urban Forum by China as an example of an eco-city. It is the first of four such cities to be designed and built in China.
The planned cities will be ecologically friendly, with no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and completely self-sufficient in water and energy.
What will happen to the current population?
The current population is a small community of fishing and agricultural workers, and will be integrated into the city design.
No one will be displaced or moved. The plan for attracting the new population and how to help them move into Dongtan is still being developed.
What will the population size of Dongtang be?
Upon completion of Phase 3, the total population is estimated upwards of 500,000 people.
Dongtan is being designed as three “village neighbourhoods” concentrated at the southern tip of the site, how will the infrastructure work around this?
The infrastructure (roads, public transport, schools, hospitals, commercial areas, green spaces) will be designed to encourage inhabitants to travel by bicycle or public transport rather than car.
Describe how the transport will connect with the mainland.
Dongtan is designed to have only green mobility along its coastline. The site will be connected to Shanghai via bridge and tunnel. People will arrive on the coast and asked to park their cars, and then will travel by foot, bicycle, or other sustainable public transport.
Describe the different methods of transport.
The city will be linked by a network of pedestrian walkways.
Car-pooling. People who want to share cars will be connected through an intranet system.
Zero-carbon vehicles. Only emission-free vehicles will be allowed to drive within the city.
Pollution-free mass transit, pollution-free buses, trams, or water taxis, powered by fuel-cells or other zero carbon technologies, will be allow to run in the city. Electric scooters or bicycles. Traditional motorbikes will be replaced by electric scooters or bicycles or water taxis, powered by fuel-cells or other zero carbon technologies, will be allow to run in the city.
What will the building density be?
Buildings will be dense and reduced to 8 stories high.
What will the roofs of buildings consist of?
Green roofs also reduces run-off and recycles waste water. Solar panels and small scale wind turbines will be built in top buildings offering up to 20% of the power.
What is there planned recycling and energy regeneration?
They are aiming to recycle up to 80% of solid waste and recycle organic waste for compost and energy generation. Rice husks are planned to be burned in combined heat and power plants to generate heating, cooling, and electricity. Rice husks are readily available in China.
What is another green electricity generator that is planned to be built?
Carefully placed in the outskirts of the city wind turbines should produce electricity.
