Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality
Transport-related energy consumption Gigajoules per capita per year
80
Houston
70
Phoenix Detroit Denver
Urban density and transport-related energy consumption
60
Los Angeles San Francisco Boston Washington Chicago New York
Source: Newman et Kenworthy, 1989; Atlas Environnement du Monde Diplomatique 2007 .
50
40
Toronto
Perth Brisbane
North American cities
30
Melbourne Sydney
European cities Asian cities Australian cities
Hamburg
Stockholm
20
Frankfurt Zurich
Brussels Munich
Paris
London
West Berlin Vienna
10
Copenhagen
Tokyo
Amsterdam
Hong Kong
Singapore
Moscow
0
0 25
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200
250 300 Urban density Inhabitants per hectare
and food from the surrounding farmland. The first phase of the city will house up to 80 000 people by 2020 and citizens will be encouraged to make use of the zero-carbon public transport, which will be powered en- tirely by renewable energy. People arriving at Dongtan, near Shanghai, will leave their cars outside the city, travelling along the shore on foot, bicycle or sustainable public transport. The only vehicles allowed in the city will be powered by electricity or hydrogen. Dongtan will produce its own energy from wind, solar, biofuels and recycled city waste. Gas will be made from
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