论文部分内容阅读
An eco-city in Portugal that its makers are aiming to build by 2015 ~*takes its cues from~1 thenervous system建设者们旨在于2015年前在葡萄牙建成一座生态城,其参照物就是生物的神经系统如果把现代城市看作是生物,那它们就是无良的巨兽:每年大口吞噬的自然资源,占到全球总消耗量的75%。如今,一种更友善的“城市生物”即将登场。在葡萄牙北部帕雷迪什郊外规划建造的PlanITValley,旨在成为一座环保可持续发展之城。正如一个生物体一样,它有一个“大脑”:它通过中央电脑来控制管理从用水到能源消耗等所有问
An eco-city in Portugal that the makers are aiming to build by 2015 ~ * takes its cues from ~ 1 thenervous system The constructors aim to build an eco-city in Portugal by 2015. Its reference is the biological nervous system. Modern cities are considered creatures, and they are unscrupulous beasts: the natural resources that are swallowed up every year, accounting for 75% of global consumption. Today, a more friendly “city creature” is coming soon. PlanITValley, planned for development on the outskirts of Pradesh, in northern Portugal, aims to be an environmentally sustainable city. Just like an organism, it has a “brain”: it controls everything from water usage to energy consumption through a central computer