Roger East talks to Arup’s Peter Head, who, as head of urban planning, is at the helm of the Dongtan project, and David Singleton, chairman of its global infrastructure business.

Green Futures: Just how challenging a project is Dongtan?

Singleton: It involves meeting some real stretch goals, to create a self-contained city of that size with a relatively small footprint on a sensitive site.

Head: It’s all based on the ecological footprinting concept, with the objective that each Dongtan resident should take up less than the 'global earthshare' -- the amount of resources available to each person on earth for 'one planet living'. [Most cities have a per capita footprint of several earthshares.]

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