TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiescontinent would need 10 to 12 times its carrying capacity. By following globally aLos Angeles urban pattern of development, Asia would need by itself thebiosphere of several planets, with at least one planet for China alone with levels ofefficiency similar to those of Canada and 3 planets with current Chinese levels ofefficiency.Figure 4: Asia-pacific ecological footprint, 1961-20003.2 Case Study: Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, London, Paris, and American CitiesEcological Footprint ComparisonShanghai ecological footprint per inhabitant is already higher than Paris andLondon ecological footprint: 6 ha per inhabitant according to Ove Arupcalculations in Shanghai against 5.58 in Paris (Fig. 5).Figure 5: Comparison of ecological footprints of several world cities according toOve Arup419