Looks like the Canadians are having an impact. Past-Co-director of Planning, Larry Beasley, and other locals have been consulting in Abu Dhabi – one of the emirates undergoing cataclysmic growth. Possibly because they can look at the excesses of Dubai, they’ve taken the advice to purse a more sustainable approach:
Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to and shaped by the natural environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies,” [Falah Mohammed Al Ahbabi, associate director of urban planning] said, commenting on the potential environmental impacts of the developments.
More here.
And more here on Masdar – the proposed new town being designed by Foster and Partners – in the current issue of Car-Free Times (scroll down a bit).
