人们需要更多的能源支持更大的城市运转和经济增长，从而导致了水坝的建设，随之而来的生态系统的洪水，以及污染物的排放增加。

The need for more energy to power larger cities and economic growth therein leads to the construction of dams, the consequent flooding of ecosystems, and increased emissions of pollutants.

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Vespignani说，“那应该会帮助我们设计出更优的能源分布系统，为无交通城市做出更好的规划，以及更好地分配全球的资源。”

And that should help us design better energy distribution systems, plan for traffic-free cities and manage the deployment of the world's resources.

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而今，这座城市希望成为各种智能城市技术的“生活实验室”，这些技术不仅包括供水与交通系统，还涉及绿色建筑、清洁能源及城市管理。

Now the city wants to become a “living laboratory” for smart urban technologies of all kinds—not just water and transport systems but green buildings, clean energy and city management too.

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