Cisco's Wim Elfrink and developer Stan Gale plan to standardize many elements of New Songdo (rendering above) in other cities. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Braving The New World: At last summer's Incheon Global Fair & Festival, New Songdo's ribbon-cutting ceremony, youngsters tried out 3-D technology and a businessman admired the art. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis -- or just making money?
Just Remove Water: A clam bed at low tide on the margins of New Songdo. The Incheon Bridge is visible in the distance. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Stan Gale is exultant. The chairman of Gale International yanks off his tie, hitches up his pants, and mops the sweat and floppy hair from his brow.
Braving The New World: At last summer's Incheon Global Fair & Festival, New Songdo's ribbon-cutting ceremony, youngsters tried out 3-D technology and a businessman admired the art. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis -- or just making money?
Just Remove Water: A clam bed at low tide on the margins of New Songdo. The Incheon Bridge is visible in the distance. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Stan Gale is exultant. The chairman of Gale International yanks off his tie, hitches up his pants, and mops the sweat and floppy hair from his brow.
- 2/2/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
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