The most clearly things that contribute to global warming from modern cities are the transportations and building. The cool cities are one of the solutions to solve this issue, but I’m not agreeing to this suggestion. In this essay I’m going to prove my points that why Masdar is not practical to live in future.
Firstly, the increasing numbers of the population is an issue. Nowadays, the world population is more than 6 billion (World POPClock Projection). It is estimated that will increase to be around 10 billion in the next 30 years. On the other hand, Masdar city can be occupied by 50 thousand people (Cheung). By simple calculation, we need 200,000 cities which is impracticable to build.
Secondly, the huge amount of money required to build a city likes Masdar. Not most of the countries can build cool cities; especially the poor countries. It is better to put this money to help the poor and refugees from wars and the construction of housing and their children to shelter them from the cold and homelessness.
The difficulty in changing the routine of life is the third reason. It is difficult to get people riding bikes instead of cars. Moreover, it is a challenge to not use air conditioners; especially when knowing that our climate in the months of summer is too hot and humid.
In conclusion, cool cities can be one of the solutions to reduce the CO2 levels, but for some countries it is difficult to build and implement such ideas. Also, it is hard for most of the people, especially for the people living in hot countries’, to live in it and change their lifestyle.
Bibliography:
Cheung, Philip. "Masdar’s green dream is not for all." Home Page - The National Newspaper. 25 Apr. 2008. 05 May 2009 http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080424/BUSINESS/919451504
World POPClock Projection. U.S. Census Bureau. 15 Dec. 2008 http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
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