Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Climate
change
action plan
Copenhagen
Campaigns to motivate lifestyle change
and citizens' involvement in developing
solutions
Curitiba
Monitoring CO
2
absorption rate in green
spaces, and total city CO
2
emissions
-
Johannesburg
N/A*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eco buildings
policy
Copenhagen
554 mega joules/m
2
; two urban
development projects to create
'carbon-neutral neighbourhoods', with
low-energy buildings, sustainable
energy networks and environmentally
friendly transport
Curitiba
No eco-eficient standards for buildings,
no incentives to lower energy use
-
-
Johannesburg
N/A
-
-
Green spaces
per capita
Copenhagen
80% live within 300 m of a park or
recreation area
Curitiba
52 m
2
/person
Johannesburg
230.7 m
2
/person
-
-
Population
density
Copenhagen
105 person/ha
Curitiba
43 person/ha
Johannesburg
24 person/ha
Land use
policy
Copenhagen
Redevelopment of brown ield sites
Curitiba
Incentivise landowners to establish
public parks on their private land and
control sprawl
Johannesburg
Reduce urban sprawl by rehabilitating
underpopulated centre neighbourhoods
and building new mixed-density and
mixed-income housing developments
with access to services and transport
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