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World Habitat Day 2008
| Country: | Global, Asia & Pacific, Indonesia |
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| The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. |
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State of Safety in World Cities
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| International Conference on the State of Safety in World Cities 2007
Monterrey Forum of Cultures, 1-5 October 2007
Cintermex Convention Centre, Monterrey, Mexico. |
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The bustling port city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province
| Country: | China |
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| The bustling port city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province, also in eastern China, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for setting a new trend in integrated urban-rural development and management through an initiative by the city's authorities to improve the quality of life for farmers and other residents in its hinterland. Zhangjiagang, just half an hour's drive from Shanghai along a new super-highway, is the first Chinese city to explore a system of reallocating urban and rural resources so that people living in town or the countryside can derive the maximum benefit. With a reputation for showing the way as one of China's cleaner and safer cities, its new shopping malls and high rise apartment blocks, in many ways symbolize the country's modernization. Notable is its modern state-of-the-art community resource centers, the hub of the city's new found harmony. |
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Peter Oberlander
| Country: | Canada |
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| A founding father of UN-HABITAT - for a lifetime of promoting the urban agenda around the world |
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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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A green, integrated community
| Country: | China |
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| China Merchants Property Development impressed the jury and was awarded the Habitat Busines award in 2009 for its development of “The Hills” project, which is described as “a green, creative and international community.” Based on an ‘Integrated Community Development’model, the initiative seeks to impact the regional economy, industry and lifestyles, create local employment opportunities by attracting a number of small and medium-scale companies from the creative industries to settle in. http://www.gzcmpd.com |
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Un Techo Para Mi Pais
| Country: | Chile |
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| For providing over 42,000 homes for the poor in 15 Latin American countries
The Chile based non-governmental organization is being awarded for getting thousands of young volunteers, the private sector, universities and governments to raise awareness about slum conditions. This initiative has seen the organization build some 42,000 houses in 15 countries across Latin America. The project is having a major impact on the lives of the poor by giving them decent housing. This has helped reduce health problems, crime and other problems associated with extreme poverty. |
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