The Urban NEXUS project highlights examples of integrated approaches to resource management and service delivery in cities and metropolitan regions, and were developed as part of the GIZ-ICLEI Urban NEXUS project including the study "Operationalizing the Urban NEXUS: towards resource-efficient and integrated cities and metropolitan regions", funded by the BMZ.
The case examples that were developed include 29 shorter Case Stories from around the world and 8 in-depth Case Studies on: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nashik, India; Vancouver, Canada; Hannover, Germany; Tianjin, China; eThekwini, South Africa; Lille Métropole, France; and Medellín, Colombia.
01 - Austin, USA: The Austin Energy Green Building Program for eco-efficient construction and consumer empowerment
02 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Waste-to-energy for productive landfill site management
03 - Chicago, USA: NeighborSpace land trust - preserving vacant urban land to boost biodiversity, green space, social services and food security in the city
04 - Sao Paulo, Brazil: Cities Without Hunger - a community garden project to end São Paulo’s poverty cycle
05 - Curitiba, Brazil: The “Ecological Capital” forerunner in Urban NEXUS planning
06 - El Alto, Bolivia: Large-scale ecological sanitation in the peri-urban District 7
07 - Volta Redonda, Brazil: Turning up the heat with the Eco-oil Program: a community development project linking cooking oil waste to energy and community education
08 - Machángara River Basin, Ecuador: Strengthening inter-institutional collaboration for enhanced resource conservation
09 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A large favela-to-neighborhood project with an integrated approach to formalizing urban settlements
10 - Freiburg, Germany: District Vauban - a sustainable model for “learning while planning”
11 - Toronto, Canada: Green Roof Bylaw - institutional coordination to enable the greening of the city from above
12 - Ehlanzeni, South Africa: The Integrated Water Harvesting Project for food security and income generation
13 - Silicon Valley, USA: Joint Venture Silicon Valley - regional collaboration for integrated planning and sustainable growth
14 - Linköping, Sweden: Waste-to-Energy Power Plant - biogas powers public transport in Linköping
15 - London, United Kingdom: Feeding the 5K - the case of linking food producers and retailers for the efficient management of surplus harvest
16 - Mexico City, Mexico: Mercado del Trueque - how Mexico City is turning trash into food
17 - Oakland, USA: Oakland Food Policy Council - towards a sustainable, local and equitable food system
18 - Portland, USA: EcoDistricts - regenerating cities from the neighborhood up
19 - Shimla, India: A dual Urban NEXUS strategy for integrating climate change resilience with low emissions development
20 - Stockholm, Sweden: The Hammarby District - a closed-loop system integrating water, waste and energy
21 - New Delhi, India: Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, integrated eco-sanitation
22 - Orinoco River Basin, Colombia: Sustainable Development in Fragile Ecosystems
23 - Berkeley, USA: The Edible Schoolyard - an educational seed-to-plate system for the students and the community
24 - Hamburg, Germany: Achieving energy-efficiency through the Hamburg Water Cycle in the Jenfelder Au eco-neighborhood
25 - Toronto, Canada: Deep Lake Water Cooling System - using Lake Ontario’s chilly waters to cool down an entire district
26 - Amman, Jordan: Urban agriculture - finding multi-purpose Urban NEXUS solutions through collaborative action
27 - Quintana Roo, Mexico: An Urban and Industrial Environmental Management Program facilitates institutional integration for productive resource management
28 - Dhaka, Bangladesh: Waste concern pilot project “cash for trash”
29 - Nagpur, India: Water sector audit - efficient use of water and energy resources in one of India’s largest metropolises
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