VIU_BMEPB-SEPB Eco-city

The advanced training course on Eco-city addressed to a delegation selected by the Beijing and Shanghai Municipal Environmental Protection Bureaus started today in Rome.

After this first introduction day the 41 participants will move to Siena. This city is one of the successful case studies of Italian eco-cities and the participants will have the chance to discuss with experts of Siena University and representatives of the Local Government about their experience on the matter.

In the following days lectures and site visits will deeply analyze the main aspects of the training's subject: waste, wastewater, green and rural areas, eco-building. Beside these topics, during the 10-days course experts will try to answer other important questions: how is it possible to assess a city as an eco-city? Which are the indicators? This will be hopefully a starting point for a double side analysis of Italian and Chinese realities.

The Eco-City course is one the 2013 advanced trainings organized by VIU with the support of the Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea and in collaboration with Agroinnova.

Further details can be found in the training course agenda at the Sustainable Development Community website.

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