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is a worldwide recognition given to those cities whose performances and com-
petences, in the protection of climate change, are considered as referral points for
all the other cities. The winning cities are: Bogotà, for ''Urban Transportation''
with its ''TransMilenio'' project on electric and hybrid buses and taxis; Copen-
hagen for ''Carbon Measurement and Planning'' for its ''2025 Climate Plan''
which outlines the guidelines that the city intends to follow to become the first
carbon neutral capital city by 2025; Melbourne for the ''Energy Efficient Built
Environment'' for its ''Sustainable Buildings Program'' improving the efficiency of
Melbourne's commercial buildings; Mexico City for the ''Air Quality'' with its
''ProAire'' program whose implementation has made possible to accomplish, over
the last two decades, an impressive reduction on air pollution as well as in CO 2
emissions was obtained; Munich for ''Green Energy'' with its ''100 % Green
Power'' plan whose standards and requirements needs to be met by 2025; New
York City for ''Adaptation and Resilience'' with its ''A Stronger and More
Resilient New York'' which will concentrate on the reconstruction of the com-
munities hit by hurricane Sandy and on more resilient structures and buildings of
the city; Rio de Janeiro for ''Sustainable Communities'' with its ''Morar Carioca''
project, a comprehensive urban revitalization strategy which will invest in revi-
talization projects throughout the city with the aim at formalizing all the city's
favelas by 2020; San Francisco for ''Waste Management'' with its ''Zero Waste
Program'' which started in 2002; Singapore for ''Intelligent City Infrastructure''
with its ''Intelligent Transport System'' plan and Tokyo for ''Finance and Eco-
nomic Development'' with its ''City Cap-and-Trade Program'', launched in 2010,
which intends to considerably reduce CO 2 emissions
by large commercial,
industrial and government buildings.
Knowing other cities' experiences is an opportunity to analyse public policies
and to change already built cities, it is also a good occasion to compare the
application of different cultural approaches and different local policies during
urban regeneration.
There are many examples of good practices in urban regeneration that we could
describe, but we will list just few of them: Hammerby district, in the outskirts of
Stockholm, Vauban in Freiburg, Augustenborg in Malmo, the district of Confluence
in Lyon, the vast re-planning program of degraded industrial areas in Ile de Nantes
and High Line in New York City.
In Italy, a proposal to start regeneration programs on existing housing stock is
the ''National Plan for Sustainable Urban Regeneration'' (Ri.U.So.) promoted by
the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, Conservationists
(CNAPPC 2012 ), by the National Association of Building Contractors (ANCE)
and by Lega Ambiente (Italian Association for the protection of the Environment).
With Ri.U.So. the construction professionals suggest ideas concerning cultural,
economic and social transformation and valorisation of the cities. The National
Plan for Sustainable Urban Regeneration aims at offering efficiency, safety and
quality to 100 Italian cities that host 67 % of the Italian population and are con-
sidered as the cultural and productive assets of the country accounting for 80 % of
the nation's Gross National Product (GNP).
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