Here great environment.
It is quite natural that we all want to live in a clean and healthy environment, but unfortunately, our planet is slowly turning into a giant garbage dump. While the overall assessment is undoubtedly sad, the good news is that there are still a few places on the planet that are clean, tidy and unpolluted.
However, in order to keep the city clean and tidy, as a rule, need much more than just a few government regulations, and public alerts. It is also the duty of local residents to participate in this process and not to cause environmental harm as possible.
To show you a few cities that have succeeded in creating a clean environment and their inhabitants become happier and healthier, and compiled this list with the cleanest cities in the world.
From the spotlessly clean and green Northern European cities such as Stockholm and Reykjavik, to the strikingly clean cities in Africa and Asia, 25 cleanest cities in the world!
25. Zurich, Switzerland
We propose to start this list with a city that is largely considered to be one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the world.
Being home to almost 400,000 people, Zurich is known for its ongoing optimization and creation of environmentally friendly public transport, expanding Bicycle road network, research and projects for renewable energy sources, fencing of highways, and so on.
24. Wellington, New Zealand
The capital and one of the largest cities of New Zealand, Wellington has a reputation as a clean and neat city with a number of natural attractions that are well preserved and maintained in good condition.
More than a third of local residents use public transport instead of private vehicles, which greatly reduces the air pollution in the region.
23. Ifrane, Morocco
Of only a few African cities that can boast of a clean environment, Ifrane is probably the most famous.
Located on a mountain ridge Middle Atlas at the altitude of 1665 metres above sea level, Ifrane has no industrial enterprises, so locals and tourists can enjoy unpolluted air and water.
The city is also a popular ski resort, as in winter, covered with snow.
22. Oslo, Norway
The capital of Norway is known as one of the most expensive cities in the world, but those who can afford to live here will enjoy the fresh air and absolutely clean environment.
Oslo is easy to navigate by public transport or rented bicycles. In 2007 Oslo, even got the second place in the list of the greenest and most livable cities, made by a popular American monthly magazine for family reading “reader’s Digest” (Reader’s Digest).
21. Hierro, Spain
Technically, Hierro is not a city, because it is one of the Canary Islands (belonging to Spain), which attracted worldwide attention, building hydro and wind farm, capable of providing residents with electricity for 24 hours a day.
Known for its dense forests and ancient volcanic rocks, the island is a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
20. Freiburg, Germany
Being home to 220,000 people, Freiburg is known as the sunniest and warmest city in Germany. It is also appreciated for beautiful parks, clean streets, fresh air and friendly environment.
Located in the heart of the main wine region of Baden, it is for tourists, the main starting point to the scenic beauty of the black forest.
19. Toronto, Canada
Toronto is a striking proof that even a huge metropolis with more than 2.6 million residents can be clean and neat.
Known for its environmental innovation, Toronto is particularly successful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The city also has a very effective and integrated public transport system that contributes to maintaining a clean environment.
18. Amsterdam, Netherlands
With over 600,000 rentable bikes throughout the city, Amsterdam is a Paradise for cyclists, and it is this unusual practice helps to support the city in immaculate condition.
In 2012 Amsterdam even took second place in the list of the best places to live, compiled by the analytical company Economist Intelligence Unit and 12th in the list of best cities for quality of life for the environment and infrastructure, prepared by the international consulting company Mercer.
17. Brisbane, Australia
Most Australian cities can boast a clean environment with a relatively low level of all types of pollution. However Brisbane highlights the fact that it is clean and tidy, despite its size (a population of more than 2.3 million people). The city has several large parks, Botanical gardens and other green recreational areas.
16. Portland, Oregon, USA
Called the “City of Roses”, Portland is often recognized as one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world, due to its high walking distance, close community of bikers, the movement of “farm-to-table” (farm-to-table), an extensive public transport network and more than 4,000 hectares of public parks.
15. Stockholm, Sweden
Considered one of the cleanest capitals in the world, Stockholm in 2010 received the award “European Green capital” (European Green Capital Award) from the European Commission, becoming Europe’s first “green capital”.
Applicants were evaluated on several criteria, such as climate change, local transport, public green areas, air quality, noise, waste, rational use of land, biodiversity and others.
14. Nottingham, UK
In the United Kingdom, too, there are few cities that can boast of a pollution free environment and clean streets. One of them is Nottingham — is situated in Central England.
The city has initiated a number of projects designed to solve problems with trash and graffiti, and even won the award of “cleanest city in UK” (“Britain’s Cleanest City”) in 2014.
13. Kobe, Japan
Known as the cleanest city in Japan, Kobe has introduced one of the world’s most efficient waste disposal systems. As local residents are very concerned about the preservation of the environment, the streets are always clean.
Although the city is a huge metropolis inhabited by more than 1.5 million people, it has a lot of beautiful green areas for recreation.
12. Luxembourg
Known as the “green heart of Europe”, Luxembourg is the capital of the country Luxembourg (officially known as Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). The city boasts a number of well-preserved ancient castles and green forests, and last year he was declared the third cleanest city in the world.
11. Calgary, Canada
Calgary regularly ranks among the cleanest cities in the world in the last few years, and for good reason. Local residents are trained in five basic principles that should be followed to keep the environment clean and healthy. These 5 points — quality of sewage, pianist and water availability, removal and processing of waste, traffic congestion and air pollution.
10. Singapore
The world’s only island-state, Singapore is known for a number of strict rules regarding environmental issues and cleanliness of the city, including the ban on chewing gum. Almost 10% of Singapore land given over to parks and nature reserves.
The city also launched several planting campaigns tree planting to improve quality of life.
9. Curitiba, Brazil
While Brazil is hardly ever referred to clean countries, there is one exception — the city of Curitiba. Local governments encourage their residents to keep the city clean, allowing you to exchange the bags of sorted garbage for food and tokens for the bus.
As a result, up to 70% of municipal waste is recycled. Recycling paper, for example, allows you to save the equivalent of 1,200 trees a day.
8. Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva is known as one of the richest, expensive, livable and safe cities in the world, but the city stands out for something else: the efforts of environmentalists and clean.
One of the cleanest cities in the world, Geneva is the home of The Geneva Environment Network — a Network of global organizations working in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development.
7. Vienna, Austria
The capital and largest city of Austria, Vienna has a population of about 1.8 million people, but the city regularly ranks among the cleanest cities in the world.
Over the last decades, Vienna has invested in waste management system huge amounts of money, and now it bears fruit. In addition, local residents are very concerned about the environment, so helping the authorities to maintain their city perfect clean and tidy.
6. Reykjavik, Iceland
Located in the vicinity of the Arctic circle, Iceland is one of the cleanest countries in the world, it is not surprising to see her among the cleanest capital cities in the world.
There was no urban development until the nineteenth century. Even now, the Reykjavik remains one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the world, in which almost no air pollution.
5. Helsinki, Finland
Another Scandinavian city in this list, Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. Helsinki residents are true supporters of environmental protection and maintain streets clean and tidy.
To reduce the amount of power consumed to a minimum level, had even developed a complex system that can produce heat by using electricity.
4. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
With a population of nearly 340.000 people, Honolulu is the most remote major city in the world, as the closest place on the mainland is the lighthouse Point Arena (Point Arena Lighthouse) in California, a distance of 3800 kilometers.
Perhaps it is because of such extraordinary insulation Honolulu (all Hawaii) is one of the cleanest and greenest places in the world.
3. Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, is recognized as one of the cleanest cities in the world. Through its commitment to high environmental standards, Copenhagen has been praised for its green economy, in 2014 becoming the greenest city for the second time, according to the Global green economy index (Global Green Economy Index).
With significant investment in upgrading sewage, water quality in the harbour has improved to such an extent that it is now possible to swim.
2. Chicago, Illinois, USA
With a population of more than 2.7 million people, Chicago is the third largest city in the US, but has the reputation of being very clean and environmentally friendly city.
Chicago has greened more than 186.000 m2 of roofs across the city, turning them into the gardens to improve air quality. The city authorities encourage their residents to use public transport to reduce harmful emissions.
1. Hamburg, Germany
The second largest city in Germany, Hamburg was commended for its longstanding efforts to protect the environment.
The city has set a goal to reduce by 2050 carbon dioxide emissions by 80%. The city authorities also released information about plans to develop a “Green network” and it will mean that people will no longer have to use a personal vehicle to travel to different locations in the city.
