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Ghent, Belgium
Growth of small scale (peri) urban agriculture ...
Ghent has identified a demand for urban agriculture to occur within the city region to provide better transparency in the food system
Oslo, Norway
The electric vehicle capital
With 60% of emissions in Oslo coming from the transport sector, encouraging people to use electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to make a real difference. In 2008, Oslo adopted a ten-point plan to reduce CO2 emissions, to which the large scale introduction of EVs plays a big part.
Bristol, United Kingdom
Smart City Bristol
Bristol's innovative approach to becoming a smart city is based on people and not on technology: a Public-Private-People approach. Projects to date include smart metering, open data, smart grid and electric vehicles which build on the City's strengths in micro-electronic and digital companies.
Boston, United States
Youth Lead the Change: Participatory Budgeting ...
Through this participatory budgeting program, youth had the opportunity to collect ideas for capital projects, distill those ideas into concrete proposals, hold a city-wide vote to determine which projects get funded, and directly determine how $1 million is spent to improve Boston for everyone.
Tallinn, Estonia
Free Public Transport in Tallinn
In January 2013 the capital of Estonia made a shift to free public transport and became the world's largest city to offer free transit for all its residents.
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.
Windhoek, Namibia
MoveWindhoek – New bus system makes Namibian ca...
MoveWindhoek is a new bus system with which poorer population groups are to be provided with better access to mobility and urban motorised individual transport is to be reduced in the long run.
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.
Guadalajara, Mexico
The Metro Line 3
The construction of a new subway line will increase transport capacity and reduce the transit time for passengers who commute to work, study or socialize in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara.