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| | Urban Magazine :: Sustainable solutions for a developing australia |
 | | The existing Qingpu district, the equivalent of an outer-ring suburb, is being redeveloped through a combination of tourism, historic preservation, and eco-industrial development, constituting an example of sustainable suburban growth. |
 | | This district is located in the western portion of Shanghai, and includes the Qingpu industrial zone, as well as a pair of older town centres that are to be preserved. |
 | | The Xuhui District program emphasises reduction of environmental impacts and urban congestion, clean industrial manufacturing, greater reliance on technology, advanced education and a higher quality of life, and greater control of land and water areas to reduce the heat-island effect. |
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