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In Japan, the sustainable development of
cities and provinces has been vigorously pursued since the
late 1990s under various programs through the initiative of
the central government and local authorities. In 2009, the
World Bank launched an urban development initiative called
Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities (Eco2
Cities Initiative) to help cities in developing countries
achieve greater synergistic ecological and economic
sustainability. This study, entitled 'Study of Japanese
Experiences on Sustainable Urban Development including
Pollution Control and Management, Resource/Energy Efficiency
and GHG Reduction,' was conducted to cover components A
and C of the Eco2 East Asia Program with the following
objectives: (i) To undertake a study of Japanese experiences
on sustainable urban development including pollution control
and management, resource/energy efficiency and GHG reduction
(Task 1), and (ii) To coordinate and prepare the Eco2
international conference in Yokohama, Japan, on 21-23
October 2010 (Task 2). This report mainly focuses on Task 1,
whose objectives are to compile and analyze Japanese
experiences on sustainable urban development, including
pollution control and management and resource/energy
efficiency and GHG reduction, which are relevant to the Eco2
initiative and its implementation in cities in developing
countries, as well as to draw lessons from these experiences
for the implementation of the Eco2 initiative.
