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It is said, according to a survey, that about a half of the world population would be living in urban areas by the year 2000. We, the town dwellers, therefore, need to make it a habit of paying more ecological attention in our daily life, and also improve our living condition(surrounding) to be more ecologically-oriented.To be more concrete;
make the city, where citizens can enjoy healthy environment in the nature,utilize convenient public transportation with much less noise and emissions, and avail of shops and stores offering commodities free from adverse effects on ecology.And we have to consider the followings in our city plans:
While retaining historical remains and cultural resources, make the best use of the traditional heritage as well as unique regional characteristics. Establish efficient material-handling network, where necessary goods are delivered in time. Improve those facilities to control public nuisances, equipping them with the updated systems with reduced disposable. Encourage those societies and groups who are exerting efforts to contribute towards environmental activities. Set up the system by which citizen opinions will be reflected to the administrative authorities, and also expand those installations for ecological-learning and advice. Make better association in the neighborhood for comfortable living, etc..The Green Map System, an active media of showing such city planning and checking the items required for the plans, is a worldwide project managed by ecology-minded designers from all over the world, who hope to make contributions to the people for their health and happiness and natural environment as well.
Features
| 1. | Local information is gathered by citizens, and basic environmental spots are plotted on the map by using common icons so that even foreigners can recognize these spots at a glance regardless of whether they are informative or not. |
| 2. | In the process of environmental survey, such activities are means of confirming and discovering the environmental conditions in our city, and of finding the recommendable facilities which are necessary for environmental improvement. |
| 3. | For world-wide promotion, local designers exchange information about critical environmental issues, proceeding of required administrative actions, and the pending local issues. All of such work can be considered as environmental media. |
| 4. | Spots of environmental resources and cultural characters, are designed as new icons, and we can learn unique cultural ideas represented by these icons. As of today, a dozen or more of such icons designed in Kyoto are already plotted in the map. |
| 5. | Such environmental activities contribute to eco-tourism coincides with unconsumism and the age of environmental protection. |
| 6. | The Green Map has been placed on the internet, so anyone long-time residents, newcomers, visitors, researchers can discover great ways to get involved with the environment, and learn about different ways cities are making progress toward sustainabiliity. |
| 7. | In principle, it is prohibited to use the registered icons without prior approval. Nevertheless, any reliable green-map makers are allowed to utilize them at free of license-fee, from the aspect of positive contribution for the environmental protection activities in the world. |
The Green-map system was originally advocated by Wendy Brower, Ecological designer in New York, and has been managed by ecology-minded designers from over the world. Kyoto is proud of being the first city in Asia.
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