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is holding annual meetings on sustainable development and has proposed tools for statistical measures and assessment of sustainable development. e.g. Hammerby near Stockholm e.g. Vauban in Freiburg im Breisgau. e.g. floating eco-homes to cope with rising sea levels, for example at Maasbommel, cycle cities, and mine water geothermal power stations in Heerlen. Eco-towns Prospectus. 2007. Department of Communities and Local Government.They promote the application of all bespoke eco-tecnologies, combined heat and power district heating and cooling systems, aquifer thermal energy, ground source heat pumps, passive heating, solar and wind energy, photovoltaic cells, etc. e.g. large scale solar panel installations in Logrono Montecorvo ecotopia and some 10% electricity generated by wind power. inter alia: the Aalborg Charter on European Sustainable Cities; the Ahwahnee Principles; the Charter of New Urbanism; the Shenzen Declaration on Ecocity Development; as well as various EU guidelines: ESDP, New Athens Charter, Green Paper on the Urban Environment 1990; Local Agenda 21 (1992); European Sustainable Cities Project (1993), Sustainable Urban Development in the European Union, a Framewok for Action (1998); Towards a Local Sustainability Profile, European Common Indicators (2000). Richard Register. 1987. Ecocity Berkeley. Building cities for a healthy future. North Atlantic Books. Paul Downton et.al. Akhtar Chauhan. The quest for humane architecture in a sustainable living environment. In: international symposium on appropriateness of means. Haus der Architektur Graz Austria.1994. L'Agropolis de Meknes. 2002009. Fundacion Metropoli agriculture accounts for 3.6% of GDP, well above EU average Judith Ryser (ed). 2007. Innovation Hubs and Spaces for Creativity. Comparartive Case Studies, Helsinki, Linz, Dublin, Marseille, Dongtan, Melbourne, San Jose and Singapore. Fundacion Metropoli research report. Sevilla Global and Fundacion Metropoli (ed). 2004. Creating Competitive Business Places in the MEDOCC Region. Sevilla Global and Fundacion Metropoli. Catarina Selada. 2007. Intelligent Cities, international seminar, Faro, Creative Urban Places for Competitiveness. Inteli Fundacion Metropoli. 2009. Alicante, Innovacion y Territorio. Fundacion Metropoli.
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