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Vienna, Austria
Start Wien – Providing new migrants in Vienna w...
New migrants are provided with the most important information about life in Vienna as early as possible in their mother-tongues to help them find their way around the city.
Seoul , South Korea
"I Will Centers" - Internet addiction preventio...
The goal of this initiative is to create Seoul as a healthy and safe area for children and adolescents in terms of internet use.
Kocaeli (Province), Turkey
"Prepare before it’s too late": learn to live w...
After the Marmara earthquake in 1999, the City of Kocaeli decided that living with risk cannot be business as usual. The city is using risk mapping to revisit its development priorities. Moreover, the city is engaging the community in innovative public awareness efforts.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Estidama Sustainability Program
In one of the world’s most rapidly growing cities, a new government-mandated program – Estidama (Arabic for “sustainable”) - aims at making all new buildings in the United Arab Emirates more environmentally responsible and sustainable.
Linköping, Sweden
Linköping Carbon Neutral 2025
In 2011 the Municipal Council adopted its long-term climate goal to make Linköping a carbon-neutral community by 2025.
La Paz, Bolivia
Barrio Digital
Barrio Digital allows citizens to send real-time feedback, complaints and requests to the municipal government from their mobile phones or via the internet.
Santa Monica, United States
The Wellbeing Project: Measuring and Managing W...
Santa Monica, California is tapping the power of data to evaluate wellbeing. The City of Santa Monica’s Wellbeing Project has created a framework to evaluate community wellbeing, developed a mechanism to measure it and is using this data to target its policies and programs to help residents thrive.
Gwangju, South Korea
Gwangju Carbon Bank system
In 2008, the City of Gwangju has initiated a program to spark voluntary carbon-saving steps by citizens. Five years later, 1.5 million Gwangju citizens were already participating or 62 percent of the city’s population.
Berlin, Germany
Climate-Neutral Berlin 2050
Berlin’s new energy and climate protection strategy, which will develop the capital into a climate-neutral and climate-adapted city by 2050, is an excellent example of integrated, sustainable urban development.