Green Options » Bay of Bengal http://greenoptions.com/tag/bay-of-bengal Posts tagged 'Bay of Bengal' Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Do Cities Located By The Water Have A Sustainability Advantage? http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/do-cities-located-by-the-water-have-a-sustainability-advantage/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/do-cities-located-by-the-water-have-a-sustainability-advantage/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:51:28 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/do-cities-located-by-the-water-have-a-sustainability-advantage/ Mumbai PollutionDoes proximity to water give a city an advantage when it comes to sustainability rankings?

According to SustainLane who just released their 2008 Sustainable City rankings, city traits that are already set in stone like geography and layout play a huge role. Take the greenest cities in America: Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and New York. Four out of the five them are situated on the coast and were built before suburbia existed.

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