{NEWS} Defunct US Air Base being redeveloped into Philippines’ first green city. – via revitalizationnews.com

Note from Storm: All too often, when new “green”, “sustainable”, or “smart” cities are created, they forget about the importance of location. No matter how green the building or infrastructure design might be, it doesn’t make up for destroying virgin wildlife habitat, or paving over productive farm land (are you listening, China?).

That’s not the case here, though. Clark Green City is not just green in design, it’s green in location. That’s because it’s actually restorative development. Rather than sprawling onto undeveloped land, this excellent project is cleaning-up and redeveloping the defunct U.S. Clark Air Base.

Read the whole article here: http://revitalizationnews.com/article/defunct-us-air-base-being-redeveloped-into-philippines-1st-green-city/