The article’s purpose is to present issues of implementation of sustainable development on the example of the concept of eco-city and its implementation in a Asian space of city. Among a examples of issues discussed in article are: from the theoretical site - analyze the concept of eco-city and guidelines for eco-city development based on the concept of sustainability, and from the practical site - stages of implementation of sustainable development in cities and above all overview of concrete examples of projects eco-cities in Asia, including in the United Arab Emirates, China and Japan