Dongtan’s ecological footprint The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) describes the global environmental imbalance succinctly: “Sustainability requires living within the regenerative capacity of the planet. Currently, human demand on the planet is exceeding the planet’s regenerative capacity by about 20 percent. This is called ‘overshoot.’ ”
Arup is developing an ideal ecological footprint for Dongtan to guide the master plan and prevent overshoot. The new city’s ecological footprint will be determined by a modeling program called the Resources and Energy Analysis Program (REAP), developed by SEI and the Center for Urban and Regional Ecology at the University of Manchester. Unlike the traditional focus on air and water pollution, REAP concentrates on measuring the amount of resources consumed by the number of individuals occupying a defined area.
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