By Richard Adhikari TechNewsWorld
The world's population is growing and becoming increasingly urban. Our approach to designing and building cities may need to be rethought. Approaches to that end range from using software to help more efficiently manage city services to designing colossal structures meant to house tens of thousands of people in an entirely self-sufficient environment.
Homo sapiens are a fast-growing species: The world's population is expected to double in 61 years, putting further pressure on our resources and, as countries become increasingly urbanized, on our cities.
The infrastructure of today's cities won't be able to cope, and governments, scientists, architects and engineers are looking for new solutions.
Some are looking to building cities that are environmentally friendly; others are looking to create urban marvels to rival Dubai, a desert city where water flows lavishly and some of the world's tallest buildings stand.
Take Masdar City, for instance, which GE is planning to build in partnership with the government of Abu Dhabi. It's being designed as the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-emission city. It won't have automobiles, it will be powered by the elements, it harvests rainwater and it recycles waste to provide energy
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