Low Carbon City of Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City of Taiwan is regarded as the emerging green force in amongst the low carbon cities. It has started an ambitious plan in reducing 30% of the carbon emission to 2005 base line by 2010 and further up to 50% by 2030. In doing so, multiple strategies have been formulated which focused on the green transportation, waste management, river rehabilitation, low carbon lifestyle, energy efficiency and green infrastructure. Few things impressed me the most are: -

1) Rehabilitation of Love River from a sewer line back to a river full with life and eclogical system
2) Integrated transportation system which is leaning towards the public mode of commuting
3) Waste reduction through incineration, reducing and recycling
4) Involvement of NGO and community especialy the youth in the environmental protection and community development is simply fantastic
5) Urban renewal on the idle railway station and reserve land which is NOT oriented towards massive redevelopment and building of new buildings
6) Transformation programmes of the city in reviving the dying economy of port activities is marvelous
7) Enthusiame and dedication shown by the city officers in developing the city into a low carbon city is felt strongly and visible.

I will discuss briefly the above one by one in my next blogs.