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2008 Environment Report for the City of Hannover, Germany - applying environment-related sustainability indicators

The City of Hannover's 2008 environment report contains a mass of up-to-date information on the state of the environment in this north German city, tracing long-term trends and describing exemplary projects in the fields of energy and climate protection, mobility and traffic, air, noise, soil, water, watercourses, wastewater, waste management, local recreation, nature conservation, agriculture and forestry. Its 60 pages present current environmental data in understandable form for all interested citizens, while for politicians and the city administration the report provides an objective basis for decisions on nature and environmental protection, improving the local quality of life and sustainable urban development.

Along with the facts and figures, the report reflects the broad range of projects that Hannover's environmental administration is undertaking such as Agenda 21 work, groundwater and air quality monitoring, noise surveying, Low Energy and Passive House advice services, renewable energy uses, revitalising brownfield sites as part of low land-take settlement, enhanced ecological standards for building within the City's sphere of influence, programmes for the ecological enhancement of playgrounds, sustainable agriculture and forestry within the city limits and environmental education for children and young people along with the city administration's own environmental management system and the ECOPROFIT advice and support campaign to improve companies' environmental protection praxis.

The Environment Report is available at the download link below, or as a print version for 3.60 € plus postage from: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Fachbereich Umwelt und Stadtgrün, Umweltkommunikation, Langensalzastraße 17, D-30169 Hannover, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! .

2008 Environment Report for the City of Hannover, Germany
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