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Antioquia (Departement), Colombia
Educational Parks for Youth
Building on a widely-hailed experiment in Medellin, the entire surrounding province of Antioquia has set up a network of 80 educational parks designed to supplement traditional education with programs to honor young peoples' inherent skills and citizenship potentials.
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar paving streets by hands
The program aims at modernizing and embellishing the city of Dakar while more than 1,500 employments can be created.
Aguascalientes City, Mexico
The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensiv...
The aim of the Línea Verde is to provide public spaces that contribute to enhance community life for more than 300,000 inhabitants living in the poorest area of the city.
Durban, South Africa
eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal...
In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Rea Vaya - Bus Rapid Transit System
The Rea Vaya (‘we are going’) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system provides accessible, reliable and affordable public transport services for residents of Johannesburg and reduces the city’s C02 emissions.
Cairo, Egypt
Participatory Development Programme in Urban Ar...
This project advises concepts and methods of participatory community development and grass roots based waste management in informal urban areas.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Strategy
Sustainable cities of the future will be ones where transport options other than fossil-fuel powered private vehicles are the norm. Bike-friendly Copenhagen is leading the way, as this case study explores.
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.
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.