Comments on: Portland urban designers take on Middle East /news/2010/09/15/portland-urban-designers-take-on-middle-east/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Todd Mecklem /news/2010/09/15/portland-urban-designers-take-on-middle-east/#comment-39874 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:05:46 +0000 /?p=59240#comment-39874 Interesting article, but the population figures cited are way off. The UAE has 7 or 8 million residents, depending on which study you believe. The emirate of Abu Dhabi alone has “over 1.6 million” according to an official website.

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]]> By: Michael C /news/2010/09/15/portland-urban-designers-take-on-middle-east/#comment-39811 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:26:02 +0000 /?p=59240#comment-39811 While I’m thrilled to hear that a Portland company is thriving, the phrase “dream of a sustainable, thriving metropolis in the desert” is a farce. And it is just that – a dream.

The key word here is ‘sustainable’ — where will all of these people get their water supply?

Sustainability is a word that people throw around with such feel-good delight that they often forget its meaning.

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