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508 case studies online.

Helsinki Climate Street project
Award
Greater Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Climate Street project

The Climate Street project involves public agencies, residents and businesses working together to convert sustainable ideas into practical, replicable and scalable actions.

Gabriel Peri Square – Management of a public space to ensure sustainable social integration
Grand Lyon, France

Gabriel Peri Square – Management of a public sp...

The City of Lyon has instituted action to secure the public space at Gabriel Peri Square using uniformed mediators to facilitate long-term social cohesion.

Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan

A comprehensive action plan to increase the City of Ahmedabad’s resilience to extreme heat events.

TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System
Bogotá, Colombia

TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System

The TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the city of Bogota, Colombia provides residents with efficient and safe mass transit that encourages high ridership.

Vision Zero Boston
Boston, United States

Vision Zero Boston

The City of Boston has adopted a Vision Zero strategy in an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and reduce serious traffic accidents by 2030.

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program

EnCicla is a public bicycle system providing sustainable mobility to the residents of the Valley of Aburrá.

Citizens’ Observatories in Bogota, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia

Citizens’ Observatories in Bogota, Colombia

Citizens’ Observatories are collaborative spaces where citizens voluntarily participate in a public request and accountability process, based on the implementation of the “District and Local Administration Follow-up Tool”.

Growing a social and solidarity economy to regenerate neighborhoods in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Growing a social and solidarity economy to rege...

The city of Barcelona has implemented a social and solidarity economy (SSE) approach to tackle the growing inequalities among the cities different districts.

eKhaya : an urban regeneration project in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa

eKhaya : an urban regeneration project in Johan...

Through community mobilization, the eKhaya neighbourhood regeneration program has influenced the re-development of other declining areas in the City of Johannesburg.