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Italian city’s food policy is an innovative “Environmental Development” program focuses on
planning strategy integrating and implementing a universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible
“Food Cycle System” for its 1.3 million inhabitants. green parks and gardens.
Also importantly, the initiative is strongly linked
to social goals of improving health and well-being The Australian city of Sydney echoes
of citizens. To date, the policy has generated more
than 40 projects related to reuse, recycling waste with this in its ambitious “Green Square” initiative,
food, improving nutrition, and reducing food miles. which aims to be the most livable, resilient, lively,
walkable, accessible, sustainable and unique area
The food issue is also being addressed by of the city for the benefit of its estimated 61,000
residents in the area. It will host a socially and
Kazan, Russia. One of the programs in this economically thriving town-center, markets,
festivals, and world-class sporting and community
three-pronged initiative, “Healthy City”, provides facilities, supported by sustainable mobility
pathways to healthy food for children. It also infrastructure and a transit-oriented high-density
increases its 1.2 million inhabitants’ exposure development aiming to minimize its environmental
to sports culture, builds sports facilities, and footprint. Utilizing value-capture and public-
modernizes healthcare facilities. The “Embracing private partnership approach, its economic
Diversity” program celebrates Kazan’s multi- sustainability is well supported and will transform
cultural and multi-ethnic cultural heritage and the unused, flood-prone, swamp and other disused
ensures co-existence and tolerance to achieve land into Australia’s largest storm water harvesting
peace and harmony, civil identity of minorities, and treatment scheme.■
and effective integration of migrants. The
planning strategy integrating and implementing a universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible
“Food Cycle System” for its 1.3 million inhabitants. green parks and gardens.
Also importantly, the initiative is strongly linked
to social goals of improving health and well-being The Australian city of Sydney echoes
of citizens. To date, the policy has generated more
than 40 projects related to reuse, recycling waste with this in its ambitious “Green Square” initiative,
food, improving nutrition, and reducing food miles. which aims to be the most livable, resilient, lively,
walkable, accessible, sustainable and unique area
The food issue is also being addressed by of the city for the benefit of its estimated 61,000
residents in the area. It will host a socially and
Kazan, Russia. One of the programs in this economically thriving town-center, markets,
festivals, and world-class sporting and community
three-pronged initiative, “Healthy City”, provides facilities, supported by sustainable mobility
pathways to healthy food for children. It also infrastructure and a transit-oriented high-density
increases its 1.2 million inhabitants’ exposure development aiming to minimize its environmental
to sports culture, builds sports facilities, and footprint. Utilizing value-capture and public-
modernizes healthcare facilities. The “Embracing private partnership approach, its economic
Diversity” program celebrates Kazan’s multi- sustainability is well supported and will transform
cultural and multi-ethnic cultural heritage and the unused, flood-prone, swamp and other disused
ensures co-existence and tolerance to achieve land into Australia’s largest storm water harvesting
peace and harmony, civil identity of minorities, and treatment scheme.■
and effective integration of migrants. The
