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Ahmedabad, India
Slum Electrification Program
A programme to connect 200,000 poor households to the public electricity grid.
Albay (Province), Philippines
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adap...
The province of Albay in the Philippines has adopted strategies for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) to foster economic prosperity and keep its population safe.
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.
Eskisehir, Turkey
Eskisehir City Memory Museum
Eskishir has created a Memory Museum that combines museology with modern technology. The museum is designed with a new concept by which memory elements are recorded in a digital environment, rather than exhibited as artistic or historical objects.
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.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Pluit Reservoir Revitalization Project
The Pluit Reservoir Revitalization Project is an initiative of the city of Jakarta to reduce urban flooding, improve water storage capacity and the quality of its prime water source.