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REPORTS, GUIDES, DECLARATIONS and more...
Browse through UN-HABITAT’s library of reports, resolutions, declarations, training materials and best practices, by theme, or view them alphabetically and chronologically |
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Crime reduction and enhancing road safety
| Country: | Kenya |
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| Adopt a Light, a private-public partnership project to light-up the streets and slums of Nairobi, Kenya, was awarded the Habitat Business Award in 2009 for its unique business model that allows the financing of installation and maintenance of efficient public lighting infrastructure in slums, streets and other public areas to reduce crime, enhance road safety and improve the urban environment. http://www.adopt-a-light.com |
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Designing and building energy efficient buildings
| Country: | India |
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| The Indian IT giant, WIPRO Ltd., won the Habitat Business award in 2009 for its initiative to design and build energy efficient buildings. The objective is to reduce energy and water conservation, and to manage pre- and post-construction waste for all its new facilities across India.
http://www.wiprocorporate.com/ecoeye/ |
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The Alexandra Renewal Project
| Country: | South Africa |
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| For helping thousands of poor people move into better homes and boosting health, water and electricity services.
This renewal project has seen some 7,000 families relocated from the banks of a polluted local river to better settlements. Urban greening was incorporated in the project which led to development of parks and recreation areas. The project also saw the development of new housing, new schools and the refurbishment of many facilities. New clinics improved access to healthcare; while 46,000 hygienic refuse bins have been distributed, drastically improving garbage collection. More than 70 percent of the residents now have access to water and sanitation and 88 percent have safe electricity, a major milestone in a place once referred to as “Dark City”. |
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The City of Bugulma in the Tartarstan Republic of Western Russia
| Country: | Russian Federation |
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| The city of Bugulma in the Tartarstan Republic of western Russia gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for transforming its contaminated water system into cheaper, safer water for its citizens. Founded in 1736, the city at the confluence of the Bugulminka and Stepnoy Zay rivers, is the centre of petroleum mining in Tatarstan. Other economic activities in the city include machinery production, the processing of agricultural products, and construction, all of which contributed to pollution of the river. Such was the toxicity, that many people became ill. In 1996, the Clean Water Programme was initiated under the guidance of the Bugulma's mayor and with the support of the Tatarstan's president. It has since improved the standard of living and contributed towards the sustainable development of the city and its outlying districts. Residents now enjoy high quality water. The use of many underground springs allowed for a considerable reduction in chlorine treatment, thus reducing the risk of cancer. |
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