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The Department of Environment and Urban Quality, which depend on the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change and the Municipal Office of the bike, next year will continue in the path taken in 2010 on improving green spaces and the implementation of cycling as urban transport, as well as implementation of various actions that make up the Sustainable Energy Plan City, which maximizes energy savings and efficiency.
The Department of Environment and Urban Quality drives the gardens and green areas as convivial public spaces where citizens can carry out activities in their spare time.
The green areas are a priority for the Department of Environment and Urban Quality.
The town now has a total of 3.7 million m2 of which have built in 2010 66,534 m2 of gardens and 59,103.07 m2 of medium.
The number of performances in the green areas of the municipality in 2010 stands at 4,000 by 848 gardens spread.
Thus, there is 8.64 meters square per Murcia, a figure substantially improve the recommendation of the World Health Organization which states that there should be 4.5 square meters per citizen.
The town now has more than 166,000 trees distributed by the town and villages.
Of these, 88,000 are located in gardens and street alignments rest.
In 2010, the number of trees have been planted on 4,395 alignments.
The gardens of the town has a total of 2,190 units installed in 537 children's play areas, 20% more than in 2008.
The number of children placed units in 2010 is 132.
Next year project is planned signaling in playgrounds through which panels will be installed with the rules of use of each of the games.
Also during 2010, 429 banks have been placed in gardens and promenades.
The gardens of neighborhoods and districts now have 500 units gerontogimnasia games, whereas in 2008 only had 34.
The effort by the Department of Adela Martinez-Cache in this regard is important to understand that these spaces should be suitable for young and old will enjoy improving the quality of life of citizens.
As a novelty, are now placed alongside traditional children's games, games for babies (there are about 500 swings of this kind) and for children with mobility problems have installed 40 units in 6 gardens.
In 2011 efforts will continue to work on the restoration of gardens, under Monteagudo, Sangonera la Verde, St. Pius X, El Palmar and Espinardo.
It was also created large children's play areas and Rincon de Seca Avileses.
The Department of Parks and Gardens also a game go in the fight against the palm weevil to protect more than 9,000 palm trees that exist in the gardens and green areas of Murcia.
Another activity undertaken in these areas related to street furniture placement in parks and gardens designed by some new banks own Technical Department of the Environment and Urban Quality that are characterized as sustainable as they are made of wood certified, a natural, renewable, recyclable, energy-efficient to manufacture and is less polluting than other materials.
The City Council is working to convert green areas multifunctional sustainable gardens, those people living in children's playgrounds in gerontogimnasia, shaded areas and rest.
All works are carried out in the garden are made according to sustainability criteria such as installing solar pergolas, LED lamps, the use of recycled materials in the enclosure of the gardens, use of recycled material in the floor of the playing fields the gardens, etc.
In this respect, the Zoning Ordinance and the Protection of Woodland Greens is preparing the Parks and Gardens will guide the drafting of the new garden with these criteria.
This is the first ordinance in the town regulate the management, design and use of green areas
Environment
The municipality of Murcia city is moving towards a low carbon model (Local Strategy Against Climate Change), preserving and improving the forest areas are the big green spaces in the municipality.
In the municipality there are 2,594 hectares of forest municipal, found mainly in the Majal Blanco (Torre Guil) and in the Sierras de Altaona and Escalona.
It is the green lung of the town for the fight against climate change because it is a sink of CO2.
During 2010 the City Council has made the recruitment of 8,015 municipal forest park in Villa's plantation in the Sierra Santiagos Columbares and silvicultural treatment, recovery from a spring, creating ponds for amphibians and planting of 1,100 trees in Forest Park Finca Los Ginovinos in the Sierra de Altaona.
During 2010 we have continued the tours in the Forest Park White Carrascoy Majal.
Have also been planted about 4,700 trees in the industrial West and 650 in the Majal Blanco, through collaboration between the Department of Environment and Urban Quality and diverse organizations or associations in the municipality.
During 2011, plans to continue this work of massive planting of trees, with more than 5,500 new trees.
In 2010 have been extended up to 4 zones gardens recreation facilities (Infante Juan Manuel, Sangonera la Verde, St. Pius X and Espinardo), where 35 people, mostly pensioners, cultivated in plots donated by the City all sorts of vegetables and vegetables.
Next year will double those areas
Also, working on efficient management of inert waste (60,000 tonnes of inert treated in 2010) through the plant and inert landfill.
Likewise, the Environmental Service is preparing an ordinance Inert Construction Waste for the control of such waste from the project itself a work to the subsequent implementation of that work.
The Department led by Adela Martinez-Cache also fight against noise.
In 2010 it completed the noise map of the municipality or municipalities.
In 2011, develop an action plan to accompany the map of noise.
Environmental education are many schools, groups and associations that participated in 2010 in programs of environmental service aimed at both school and adult population through lectures, workshops and guided tours.
Therefore have benefited from these programs more than 10,000 students.
The number of centers participating in the Green Schools program in the 2009/2010 edition is 21, increasing gradually attached facilities.
For 2011 is planned to organize a conference on green schools to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences among all the institutions participating in this project.
Nature's Classroom of Majal Blanco continue education through programs for schools on weekdays and weekend seminars.
During the 2009/2010 school year have visited the White Mahal city park a total of 2,000 students and enrolled a total of 336 citizens in the workshops and guided tours.
Next year we plan to remodel a classroom and Interpretation Centre Majal Blanco.
Office of the Bicycle
In terms of sustainable mobility in 2010 has adopted the Bicycle Master Plan have been created 46.1 kilometers of track cycling trails, in addition to the 86 km of track cycling trails existing bicycle parking facilities have been installed 183 and U-type nine bicycle parking closed while the system has been released for public rental bikes and has launched the Office of the bicycle, has implemented a system of marking and registration of bicycles.
In 2011 we will continue working to expand the infrastructure to facilitate cycling and maintenance of existing ones, with particular emphasis on information campaigns and safe driving courses Bicycle
For its part, the ultimate is to be installed electric bicycle chargers.
Also opens a feasibility study with several distribution companies to promote electric bicycles electric bike in Murcia.
The year starts with 100 new public bike rental system in giving priority to short-term rentals (up to a month) but will also bicycles available for rent long term (maximum one year).
Study and redesign of streets and installation of more than 1,000 bicycle parking inverted U type of citizens by providing a total of 2,000 new parking spaces, while closed will create more bicycle parking.
Through the CIVITAS European Network for a sustainable transport launched a program to support the use of the bicycle, and promoting proper use and the presence of bicycles in urban areas.
Project will continue MOBISEC, European program cycle lanes, cycle tracks and routes Bicycle Safety, with new telematics applications related to the bicycle.
Inside the Campaign theft, the Manual will be published to prevent theft and begin the collection and delivery of bicycles included in the impound
It will also carry out campaigns to promote cycling also theoretical and practical courses in bicycle safety throughout the year.
Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change
The council will give priority to the implementation of the first actions of the Action Plan for Sustainable Energy in its planned activities in 2011.
This will start the first projects to implement energy efficiency and renewable energies aimed at reducing municipal energy costs, achieving a 40% reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases until 2020.
Murcia thus fulfilling one of the fundamental commitments of the so-called Covenant of Mayors, which House initialed in February 2009.
Among the projects planned for next year include the implementation of actions recommended by the energy audits carried out by municipal buildings made ALEM.
The main consumer centers on which it is intended to act are the street lighting, sports facilities and the two main administrative buildings: Town Hall and City Hall Annex building.
Another is to draw up specifications for the procurement of energy service companies to finance the activities which constitute a major savings for the City Council
It should also highlight performance for the year 2010 of 24 photovoltaic solar power plants on roofs of municipal buildings that pose 361.7 kW and the installation of high efficiency solar lighting in a square in Murcia as a pilot that has streetlights LED powered by solar panels that store energy from the sun during the day collecting batteries to light during the night.
Among the various awareness campaigns, follow-up projects such as Green Business and Energy Optimization, Green Homes, continue with the Save Energy campaign of public employees, who have reaped huge success.
Also other new projects will begin as the launch of the campaign "Murcia, my planet" awareness campaign as a "Think Globally, Act Locally", where the aim is for Murcia commit to reducing emissions by 20% in by 2020, carrying out small daily actions of solidarity chain effect.
It is expected that thousands of people voluntarily commit themselves to achieving this objective of reducing CO2 emissions.
Will also operate a Footprint Calculator for all participants.
Next year, the International Year of Volunteers, the Department will sign agreements in the first quarter with public and private universities to promote volunteering for the Planet, obtaining training and joint action on environmental and energy.
Local Strategy to Combat Climate Change, is almost complete, he completed 95 of the 115 actions proposed in the HELOC, thus arriving at a rate of 82% started.
Conventions are ongoing luminaires Collection AMBILAMP and presented new contenders more appealing and attractive in February 2011.
ALEM system launched in April with a guide Sustainable Events theoretical - practical, simple and very interesting for all events are neutral in terms of CO2 emissions.
All this work has been recognized by various institutions that have awarded and distinguished Murcia as one of six finalist cities in the world of sustainable cities award "Sustainability City Globe Awards" along with cities such as Curitiba, Sydney or Malmö.
To this must be added the recognition of the EU and its innovative management Energy Agency, European and international level last May 2010 in Washington.
Murcia was chosen as one of 10 finalists for the second consecutive year thanks to the Mobility Week in 2009 and 2010, including more than 2,400 cities.
Murcia was also chosen in the awards of best local practices by the climate of the FEMP 2010 for its innovative public bicycle rental.
Of note is the recognition by the United Nations, UN Award Dubai, the Dubai Award for Best Practice 2010.
Murcia also has been the only finalist in the Spanish Town City Globe Sustainability Awards.
We must also remember, in the award Green Flag City Manager, Recognition "City of Forests" (WWF) and Award "Platinum Broom."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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