World experts explore how city living can be sustained

PA 219/10 How can vast cities accommodate millions more people while reducing their impact on the environment? This is what British and Chinese experts in 'eco-urbanism' will explore in China next Monday and Tuesday at Shanghai Expo 2010, set in the world's most populous 'true' city. 怎样才能使大城市在多容纳几百万人的同时减少对环境的影响？这是中、英生态城市化方面的专家将于下星期一、二在2010年上海世博会上探讨的议题，而上海是世界上人口最密集的"真实"城市。 Half the world's human beings now live in urban rather than rural areas. Last year, the balance shifted from the countryside to towns and cities for the first time — and this trend is predicted to continue as the global population grows from 6.8 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050. Expo 2010's overarching theme 'Better City, Better Life' will be examined by speakers and delegates at this two-day expert-led symposium, Eco-Urbanism: Towards Sustainable City Living. The event is hosted by The University of Nottingham's Department of Architecture & Built Environment in partnership with the five major schools of architecture and planning in China: Tsinghua, Tianjin, Tongji, South East and Nanjing.