GreenBox
INNER-CITY ENVIRONMENTS
If we focus specially in Bogota, the inner-city environment is very changing, the tolerance cases is really high in the Centre of the city. There is a lot of vialonece in some specific places of he center of the city and the movements of illegal and danger activities is frequent. Even dough, on on other parts of the center of the city there are museums, historic centers, universities, commercial areas and very popular touristic centers so the inner-city is contantly with changes and movements.
Bogota is making great progress toward environmental sustainability and protection of its biodiversity by redefining its current urban zoning planalong with protecting the water sources that feed the city, also it is including three surrounding moorlands as well as the rivers and creeks that cross through the city, 14 wetlands under preservation, and the recovery of the Bogota river.
Over 600 hectares of the moorland corridor between Chingaza, Sumapaz, and Guerrero guarantee water supply for over 10 million people in the city and surrounding municipalities. The responsibility for protecting this corridor, which hosts over 1,699 species of plants and 487 of vertebrates, falls on the Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (Bogota Water Works Company - EAAB), and Conservation International.
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Urban parks: The city’s 20 districts contain over 5,041 parks, including one regional, 14 sports facilities, 33 metropolitan, 78 zone, 3,314 neighborhood, and 1,601 smaller extension parks.
Basura Cero (Zero Garbage) Program
This program, led by the current city government, hopes to achieve 100% recycling of all solid residues produced by the city by creating citizen awarness toward responsible consumption, including reduction, separation, re-use, and repair of waste. This new model also includes formal employment of 14,000 people currently dedicated to recycling.
We can conclude that Bogota is working hard to get better their environment as best as possible. All the items mention above are essential to have a developed economy and changing those small but important aspects people attitude towards work, lifestyles and other factor will change having a positive impact towards the economy of the country.
http://en.investinbogota.org/discover-bogota/environment