The eco-friendly and carbon neutral Masdar City in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is sure keen on setting up its green eco-friendly city soon. The Masdar City (the same city to use electric taxis and robots) is designed to be a zero waste and zero carbon city. That probably means that you won’t see back-alley dumpsters and smoke belching taxis here. This six square meter city will house around 50,000 people who will have their homes power up by solar energy. Masdar will also house a university and 1,000 businesses.
This city will be difficult to spot from a distance, thanks to its no-sky-scrapers policy. The houses will be placed close enough to provide shade to each other (don’t try walking into your neighbor’s window though). The boundary walls make sure the city remains compact and normal gas-guzzling cars will stay out. The futuristic Masdar city will cost around $15 – 30 billion with costs increasing as the sands of time go by.
[Gizmodo And Physorg]