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Cool Cities
Through the years many problems appeared to the surface because of the industrial revolution. In the modern cities and because of the economic developments in these cities the problems became a part of these communities and caused rising in population, traffic delay, increasing footprints and increasing in energy consumptions. The pollution increased in the world; therefore we have to have a solution that will reduce these pollutions which is caused by transportations, factories and all others. The cool cities came to the world to help bringing the CO2 and heat to the lowest level. In this essay I will outline the ideas and recommendations of this topic.
The first reason is the world population increasing. The increasing will be as in figures around 9 billion in 2050 (Revkin). For example Masdar City is designed to have no cars and machines which will cause pollutions. It will have only 50,000 citizens who can be served (Fox). Therefore we need a lot of cool cities in the world which is impossible.
The other reason is the cost to build this type of city. For example, Masdar city costs around $22 billion to be build (Fox). All countries around world can not have this type of cities because of their poorness. This amount of many will be used to develop and build new factories instead of the old ones to reduce the CO2. At the same time they can use this amount of money to help the poor countries.
In conclusion, this is a cool idea but this is not the solution for the world because of their cost. Therefore, we have to start with ourselves by reducing the footprints and the pollutions and changing our life styles.
Bibliography:
Fox, Jesse. "Can Foster Partners Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly Sustainable? �." Ecocity Media. 10 May 2009 http://ecocity.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/can-foster-partners-masdar-city-in-uae-be-truly-sustainable/.
Revkin, Andrew C. "Earth 2050: Population Unknowable? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com." Natural Resources and the Environment - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com. 14 March 2008http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/earth-2050-population-unknowable/.
The first reason is the world population increasing. The increasing will be as in figures around 9 billion in 2050 (Revkin). For example Masdar City is designed to have no cars and machines which will cause pollutions. It will have only 50,000 citizens who can be served (Fox). Therefore we need a lot of cool cities in the world which is impossible.
The other reason is the cost to build this type of city. For example, Masdar city costs around $22 billion to be build (Fox). All countries around world can not have this type of cities because of their poorness. This amount of many will be used to develop and build new factories instead of the old ones to reduce the CO2. At the same time they can use this amount of money to help the poor countries.
In conclusion, this is a cool idea but this is not the solution for the world because of their cost. Therefore, we have to start with ourselves by reducing the footprints and the pollutions and changing our life styles.
Bibliography:
Fox, Jesse. "Can Foster Partners Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly Sustainable? �." Ecocity Media. 10 May 2009 http://ecocity.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/can-foster-partners-masdar-city-in-uae-be-truly-sustainable/.
Revkin, Andrew C. "Earth 2050: Population Unknowable? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com." Natural Resources and the Environment - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com. 14 March 2008http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/earth-2050-population-unknowable/.
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