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A world of good examples

Jakarta may have plans in place to improve the quality of life for its residents in the coming decades, but new ideas abound in cities that are already doing it right.

 

According to Monocle magazine’s “Quality of Life” survey, Munich and Copenhagen have an abundance of green space. The latter is also setting the standard for low-emission urban living – 55 percent of the city’s population bicycles to work, and eco-friendly redevelopments are being planned for the Carlsberg brewery. Tokyo is going back to basics by adding more shrubbery, with plans to add 200,000 new roadside trees by 2013.

 

In Stockholm 75 percent of public transport runs on renewable energy, and 40 percent of the taxis are hybrids. Finally, Montreal is plowing ahead toward meeting new recycling targets that aim to see 70 percent of the city’s waste recycled within two years.

 

Another initiative Jakarta looks to continue is talks with city leaders from around the world, some of whom continue to advise Governor Fauzi Bowo on how they went about improving their cities.

 

source: www.monocle.com/magazine