Rafael Pizarro, a lecturer in Sustainable Urban Planning at the University of Sydney, and 20 students have developed a plan to turn Sydney’s White Bay in Australia into an eco-city.

ABC writes

The project, White Bay Eco-City, features mid to high-density solar districts, food and energy production areas, storm water run-off systems and a water recycling plant.

Residents of the eco-city would be able to get around on an internal public transport system consisting of a light tram grid and special roads for public GPS-guided ’stackable’ mini-cars.

For Pizarro, the two most important components to the design were transportation and food.

“Food production not only happens in a spatial district in most of the eco-city, but also on most of the rooftops of the buildings,” he said to ABC. “We have created rooftop gardens where you can plant your veggies and in this way increasing the food supply for the eco-city while knocking out the cost and environmental impact of transporting food in and out.”

To combat the transportation problem, Pizarro and his team developed stackable mini-cars that are guided by GPS.

The 80 hectare development could house 15,000-22,000 people.

While this plan may still only be in the visionary stages, it seems like an interesting and well thought out plan!

via ABC
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