简介:Nanningislocatedintheunder-developedareawithvariousethnicminoritiesinthesouthofChina.Since1995,Nanninghasbeenundergoingcomprehensiveimprovementinenvironmentinordertobringtotalchangestothebackwardurbaninfrastructureanddirtyanddisorderedurbanappearance,aswellastheunsatisfactoryhumansettlementsenvironment,especiallyseriousenvironmentalpollution.Inthepastyears,Nanninghaslaunchedamovementaimedatplanningandconstructingthecityitselfamodernecologicalgardencitywithcharacteristicandsubtropicalnatures,makingthecity,atthesametime,anewlookandwalkoutawayofdevelopingtheeconomybyraisingfundsinmultipleresources,enlarginginvestment,speedinginfrastructureconstructions.Intherecentyears,Nanninghassuccessivelywonsomeawardssuchas“NationalSanitaryCity”,“NationalOutstandingCityinEnvironmentalComprehensiveImprovement”,“NationalGardenCity”,“NationalOutstandingTouristCity”.Anditwasalsocollectedinthe2000DubaiInternationalAwardforBestPracticesinImprovingtheLivingEnvironmentasagoodpractice.
简介:TheEnvironmentalPlanningandManagement(EPM)approachwasintroducedinDaresSalaamin1992.Since1998theconceptisbeingreplicatedinalltheMunicipalitiesinthecountry.Overall,theprogrammeisbenefitingmorethan50percentoftheurbanpopulationinthecountry.Thetwoinitiativespresented-theHannaNassifCommunity-BasedUpgradingwhichadoptedaninnovativeapproachinbothitsinstitutionalsetupandtheuseoflabour-intensivecommunitycontractingandcommunitymanagement,andthesolidwastemanagementinitiativeinvolvingprivateandcommunity-basedcollectionmethods,bothofwhichbuildcapacitywithinthecommunityfortheimprovementofinfrastructureasameansofreducingpoverty,illustratesomeoftheachievementsandimoactsrealizedandlessonslearnt.