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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