Eco-cities
HUMAN SETTLEMENT MODELED ON THE SELF-SUSTAINING RESILIENT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
Eco-city; History of Eco-cities
An eco-city or ecocity is "a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining resilient structure and function of natural ecosystems", as defined by Ecocity Builders (a non-profit organization started by Richard Register who first coined the term). Simply put, an eco-city is an ecologically healthy city.