世界上25个最干净的城市，卡城第11，多伦多第19（二）
原始发布日期： 2017-06-08 发布者：玉山字变大 字变小
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上接：世界上25个最干净的城市，卡城第11，多伦多第19（一） 10：Singapore  The world’s only island city-state, Singapore is famous for a number of strict regulations concerning environmental issues and tidiness of the city including the ban on chewing gum. Nearly 10% of Singapore’s land has been set aside for parks and nature reserves, and the city has also launched several tree-planting campaigns to improve the quality of life. 9：Curitiba, Brazil  While Brazil is hardly ever referred to as a clean country, there is one exception – the city of Curitiba. Local government encourages its residents to keep the city clean by letting them to exchange bags of sorted waste for food or bus tokens. Consequently, up to 70% of the city’s trash is recycled. The city’s paper recycling, for example, saves the equivalent of 1,200 trees a day. 8：Geneva, Switzerland  Geneva is famous for being one of the most affluent, expensive, livable, and safest cities in the world, but the city stands out at yet another field – environmentalist efforts and tidiness. One of the cleanest cities in the world, Geneva is home to The Geneva Environment Network, a network of global organizations working on environment protection and sustainable development. 7：Vienna, Austria  The capital and largest city of Austria, Vienna has a population of about 1.8 million, but the city regularly ranks among the cleanest cities in the world. Vienna has invested huge amounts of money into its waste disposal systems over the past decades, and it has been paying off. Moreover, local people are very environmentally-conscious and they help the authorities to keep their city spotlessly clean and tidy. 6：Reykjavik, Iceland  Located right next to the Arctic Circle, Iceland is one the cleanest countries in the world, so it is not surprising to see its capital Reykjavik among the cleanest cities in the world. There was no urban development in the city until the 19th century. Even now, Reykjavik remains one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the world with practically no pollution. 5：Helsinki, Finland  Another Nordic city on the list, Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. Helsinki’s residents are committed to protecting the environment and keeping the streets clean and tidy. To cut the energy of the city to a minimum consumption, a complex system has even been designed to generate heat by electricity. 4：Honolulu, Hawaii, USA  With a population of almost 340,000 people, Honolulu is the most remote major city in the world as the closest location on the mainland to it is the Point Arena Lighthouse in California at 3,800 km (2,360 mi). It might be due this extreme isolation that Honolulu (as well as the whole state of Hawaii) is one of the cleanest and greenest places in the world. 3：Copenhagen, Denmark  The capital of Denmark, Copenhagen is recognized as one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. As a result of its commitment to high environmental standards, Copenhagen has been praised for its green economy, ranked as the top green city for the second time in the 2014 Global Green Economy Index. Substantial investments in sewage treatment have improved water quality in the harbor to an extent that it can be used for swimming. 2：Chicago, Illinois, USA  With over 2.7 million residents, Chicago is the third largest city in the USA but has a reputation of being a very clean and eco-friendly city. Chicago has planted over 186,000 sq m (2 million sq ft) of rooftop gardens throughout the city to improve the air quality, and it also encourages its residents to use public transport to reduce emissions. 1：Hamburg, Germany  The second biggest city in Germany, Hamburg has been praised for its environmental efforts for years. It has set itself a target of cutting CO2 emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Hamburg’s authorities also released details of plans to develop a “Green Network,” which would mean that people will no longer need to take to their cars to get around the city. |