Urban
Best Practices Area
World
Expo Shanghai has chosen more than 55 projects - almost twice the expected number
- to exhibit in the Urban Best Practices Area of the Expo site, organizers
announced. A local green building project, called "Eco-house in Shanghai,"
is among them. Among the 55-plus chosen projects, six are from Chinese mainland
cities - Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Suzhou. Other
Chinese proposals come from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. With
a site sized more than 15 hectares, the Urban Best Practices Area offers a stage
for cities around the world to propose their solutions to urban issues from
different perspectives. Originally, Expo organizers planned to choose some
30 examples for the exhibition. Due to the overwhelming number of proposals
from around the world, the organizers not only expanded the possible number
of projects to be displayed, but they also postponed the deadline for cities to
make submissions to January 31 this year. In the end, the international selection
committee of UBPA received 113 projects, among which 106 proposals from 87
cities were valid, said Zhou Hanmin, deputy director general of the Bureau of
Shanghai World Expo Coordination. Although the first period of selection is
now over, the 51 cities that missed out can still apply to exhibit for a short
period of one to 10 days during Expo. 
The
projects Livable
City
 'THE
EXCHANGE - an experiment in environmentally sustainable urban best practice for
a sub-tropical climate'. City:Brisbane/Queensland/Oceania

Seoul
Culturenomics City:Seoul/ Asia
 Smart
Card, Smart City, Smart Life City:Hongkong/Asia http://www.mis-asia.com/news/articles/hong-kong-to-showcase- its-smart-card-applications-at-shanghai-expo-2010

Clean
City Project http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/relacoes_ internacionais/noticias/?p=14012 City:Sao
Paulo/America

Better
Water - Best Urban Life City:Basel/Geneva/Zürich/Europe http://www.basel-geneva-zurich.org/Home.aspx

Rotterdam
Waterstad City:Rotterdam /Europe http://www.expovisie.nl/nieuws/6173/rotterdam- waterstad-op-world-expo-2010.html

Legacies
and the Livable City:Vancouver from The World's Fair to Winter Games City:Vancouver
/America http://americancity.org/columns/entry/1746/

Wireless Taipei, Taipei Infinity City:Taipei /Asia http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20091021/000002.htm

Mobility
and Connectivity in the City City:London/ Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20090326/000010.htm http://www.gmexpo2010.com/en/gm-expo/saic-gm-pavilion- theme-world-expo-2010-shanghai-drive-2030 http://www.our2030.com/en/_car/Theme.php 
Bilbao
GUGGENHEIM++ PLUS. Project of Leadership in Urban Strategy City:Bilbao
/Europe http://www.bilbao.net/castella/ciudad/shangai_ 2010/participation_proposal_english.pdf

BOLOGNA:
CREATIVITY & INCLUSION IN THE CITY City:Bologna/ Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20091022/000003.htm

One
River,One Territory,One Mode of Life City:Paris/île-de-France/Europe

Tomorrow's
skill Today-The school innovation from Oulu City:Oulu/Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20081128/000016.htm

Advanced
Environment City - The Challenge of the Water Metropolis, Osaka City:Osaka/
Asia http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20090114/000004.htm

Urban
Governance Initiatives at Ahmedabad City:Ahmedabad/Asia http://icma.org/main/ns.asp?nsid=3478&LGM=1&t=0

Ciutat
Vella, the historic centre of Barcelona City:Barcelona/ Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20090728/000002.htm

Alexandria
City Development Strategy (CDS) City:Alexandria/ Africa

Huaming
Model Town-Tianjin, China City:Tianjin/Asia http://www.fiabciprix.com/past-winners-2009/rural-a-suburban- category/huaming-model-town.html

Marine
Facade of Saint-Petersburg City:Saint-Petersburg/Europe http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/1235/

Anti-Flood
Barriers City:Prague/ Europe http://www.expo2010china.hu/index.phtml?module=hir&ID=138

Philadelphia-Microsoft"School
of the future City:Philadelphia/ America

Local
Solidary Governance Implementation in Porto Alegre, Brazil: Strategies for
Social Inclusion Promotion City:Porto Alegre/America http://www.aa4se.com/cms2/archives/tag/porto-alegre

The
district of innovation (Poblenou - 22@Barcelona) City:Barcelona/ Europe http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/travel/14surface.html

Business
meets Lifestyle - Liveable City and Sustainable Development as Strategic Goals
and Achievements of the StateCapital of Düsseldorf City:Dusseldorf/
Europe

COMPLEXE
ENVIRONNEMENTAL DE SAINT-MICHEL (CESM) - Saint-Michel Environmental Complex City:Montreal
/America

Sustainable
Urbanisation

Total
Recycling, Zero Landfill, Working Towards City's Sustainability City:Taipei
/Asia http://english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?categid=75&recordid=159

The
Water Control Practices of "Harnessing Five Waters" with West Lake
at the Core, To Construct "Quality Hangzhou" City:Hangzhou
/Asia

THE
GRAND CHANNEL PROJECT City:Izmir/ Europe
 Sustainable
City Transformation: Urban Regeneration of the Olympic City of Amaroussion
City:Amaroussion/Europe http://www.pepesec.eu/about-partners

From
knowledge to innovation: Urban mobility solutions City:Bremen /Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20090111/000001.htm

CHICAGO:
Sustainable City, Future City City:Chicago /America http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20080614/000021.htm
 SPICE
-Schools Project to Improve the Conservation of Energy City:Bonn/Bukhara
Europe/Asia

Quartier
Vauban - new residential district for Freiburg City:Freiburg/Europe http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/27/wiki-wednesday-quartier-vauban-freiburg-germany/

Sustainable
Urban Development - Water Environment Rectification Initiative City:Guangzhou
/Asia http://expo.southcn.com/en/newscenter/ headlines/200909/t20090927_67506.htm

Urban
Sustainable Development in a former industrial city: Ecocity Augustenborg.(Sweden/Malmö) City:Malmo/Europe Läs
mer!

An
environmental and ecological network for the city City:Milan/ Europe http://www.chinahotelsreservation.com/World_Expo_2010_Shanghai_ China/Milan_mayor_compares_notes_on_Expo.html

Urban
development and Environmental sustainability for 10,000 subsidised houses. Ecociudad
Valdespartera City:Zaragoza/Europe http://www.eukn.org/eukn/themes/Urban_Policy/Urban_environment/ Environmental_sustainability/pr11_valdespartera-zgz_1184.html

City
planning cadastre of the city of Moscow as a tool for sustainable urban development City:Moscow/Europe http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/Publications/Case+Studies/ Cadastre+and+Land+Development/MoscowCadastre.htm
 Protection
& Utilization of the Historical Heritages
An
Integrated Model For Revitalization of Historical Cities City:Cairo
/Africa

Protection
and Renovation of Suzhou Old City Proper City:Suzhou/ Asia http://www.expo2010italia.gov.it/public/SHA/file/bid/Suzhou %20Case%20in%20Urban%20Best%20Practice%20Area-en.pdf

Protection
and Utilization of Historical Heritages in Liverpool City:Liverpool/
Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20080922/000002.htm

Protection
and utilization of historical heritages:urban best practices in Venice.Porto Marghera,Arsenale,"minor"areas. City:Venice
/Europe

Achieving
Economic and Environmental Goals through Heritage preservation Initiatives as
demonstrated through: Asia Urbs Programme 2002-2004 City:Pondicherry/Asia http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/malaysia/csp/07_13_en.pdf

Santiago
de Compostela: a historic city as a model for the future City:Santiago/Europe http://en.expo2010.cn/expo/expo_english/participation/ ln/userobject1ai52986.html

 Malmö Urban
design and architecture The
city of Malmö enjoys an international reputation for dedicated and strategic
work on sustainable urban development and is taking part in the Urban Best Practice
Area at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The best known example of sustainable urban development
in Malmö is the Western Harbor, a former shipyard that has been undergoing
urban renewal and now provides housing and offi ce space for 10,000 people. The
energy supply for a major part of the harbor is 100% renewable and locally produced. "Urban
sustainable development in a former industrial city" med inspiration från
Västra Hamnens utveckling. 
Historic
Districts for All: A Social and Human Approach for Sustainable revitalization
Published for a training session scheduled during World Urban
Forum IV (Nanjing, China, 3-6 November 2008), this brochure, designed for local
authorities, will help them become aware of the role of political will, of the
importance of preserving tangible and intangible heritage and of enhancing cultural
diversity, and above all, to have a better understanding of the importance of
building new forms of social cohesion in...
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the brochure http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001583/158331E.pdf

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country's special day during Expo 2010 will be on October 18. Estonia enjoys advanced
Internet and mobile telecommunication industry and its pavilion will showcase
technology's contribution to the urban environment and residents' quality of life.
It will also focus on its unique culture and history especially of its capital
city Tallinn, the World Heritage and EU's European Capital of Culture for 2011.
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