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Eskişehir in central Turkey qualifies for final in global urban transformation prize
Eskişehir in central Turkey qualifies for final in global urban transformation prize
Eskişehir, a Central Anatolian city, has beaten Turkey’s and the world’s largest metropolises by qualifying for the finals of the World Resources Institute’s WRI Ross Prize in urban transformation. Click through for the story in Alamy photos...
The Washington-based WRI Ross Center announced the finalists for the first WRI Ross Prize for Cities on Dec. 12. Five projects from Colombia, India, South Africa, Tanzania and Turkey were chosen for their transformative impact on cities in multiple ways, including economic, environmental and social change, according to the statement.
“Eskişehir has become an attraction not only in Anatolia, but in all of Turkey, with domestic and international tourists coming to see the new modern city,” Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen was quoted as saying.
“The city government created a network of natural infrastructure projects that has restored a highly polluted river and enhanced public green spaces on a grand scale, while integrating seamlessly with a new electric tram network,” the statement said.
Alongside Eskişehir, other finalists include Metrocable in Medellin, SARSAI in Dar es Salaam, SWaCH Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha in Pune and Warwick Junction in Durban.
The finalists will now be evaluated by the WRI Ross Prize Jury. One winner will receive the $250,000 inaugural prize at an awards dinner in April 2019.
“The goal is to elevate these innovative initiatives and inspire others. We want to show how big changes emerge from small changes and how urban development done in the right way can transform not just a block or a neighborhood but a whole city,” said businessman Stephen M. Ross, the sponsor of the prize.
Here are more photos of Eskişehir from Alamy...
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