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The City of Hamburg, Germany has become the European Green Capital for 2011. Cities that win this competition act as role models to other cities embarking upon greener city living and the development of infrastructure that is oriented toward sustainability.
As Deutsche Welle indicates, Hamburg’s climate goal is to reduce it’s carbon footprint by 40% by 2020. Addtionally, the city also pursues climate neutral urban planning, boosting cycling networks, public transport and the number of green taxis, promoting electro-mobility, improving recycling options.
The Green Capitol designation in 2010 went to the City of Stockholm, Sweden. As the competition noted for that city, “…clear and effective measures towards reducing noise pollution. A protection plan setting new standards for cleaner water. An innovative integrated waste system. 95 % of the population living less than 300 metres from green areas.”
A few years ago Popular Science looked at American cities and assigned values to them based on different infrastructure factors and green initiatives.
Launched in 2002 in Australia, the Green Building Council pursues goals related to green city development. Earth Techling blog looks at Greener Cities. British Council Vietnam holds a Green City Competition. Meanwhile, an Eco-City Competition was held in China recently, “Competition is right at the doorstep of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city as another iconic eco-city takes shape within the same province. Led by an Italian consortium, the project’s design draws inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s urban studies for Milan in the late 15th century and the urban structure of the Forbidden City in Beijing,” reported Green Business Times.
Source: vector1media.com
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| Monday, Jul 18, 2011 |
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