Urban Best Practice Area
Work on an environmentally friendly building featuring traditional Shanghai shikumen-style natural ventilation systems and a geothermal heat exploitation network for the Urban Best Practices Area of the 2010 World Expo began September 10, 2008.
Paris and Ile de France (Paris Region) will duplicate the scenary of Seine via a multimedia approach to let World Expo visitors experience a modern, innovative and high-quality lifestyle in the French capital at the Urban Best Practices Area of World Expo 2010.
The capital of South Korea, Seoul, will display its culture, economics and information technology in the Urban Best Practices Area exhibition at Shanghai World Expo.
Spain's capital city Madrid has given a glimpse of its highly ecological exhibition for the Urban Best Practices Area at World Expo 2010 Shanghai -- a bamboo building and an eco-boulevard, the two most outstanding architectural designs in the city.
Suzhou will showcase its achievements in protecting and renovating the city's cultural and historical sites in the Urban Best Practices Area at Expo 2010.
A delegation led by Warren Bradley, leader of the Liverpool City Council, exchanged views with Expo organizers on September 21, 2008 on the city's showcase at the Urban Best Practices Area.
Osaka will present a watery world at World Expo 2010's Urban Best Practices Area, officials from Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City said as they signed a participation contract with the event's organizer January 13, 2009.
Bremen will introduce a car rental system that has improved the German city's traffic conditions as an Urban Best Practices Area case at World Expo 2010.
For the the Urban Best Practices Area of the World Expo 2010, Germany's Hamburg will build an energy self-sufficient building which will have zero gas emissions.
Hong Kong's exhibition in the Urban Best Practices Area will introduce its widely-used smartcard to show how its people use innovative ways and technology to improve efficiency in city life and promote communication within the city and other parts of the world.
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