Semarang, C Java – Semarang City has actually topped the list of Indonesia’s sustainable cities and districts in the University of Indonesia’s (UI’s) GreenCityMetric 2022, according to Semarang Mayor Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu.
The Head of Semarang’s Regional Advancement Preparation Firm (Bappeda), Budi Prakosa, representing Mayor Rahayu, got the award for the city at an event held at UI’s Depok school on Tuesday.
In a statement launched on Wednesday, Rahayu revealed her thankfulness due to the fact that this was the second time Semarang, the capital of Central Java province, got the UI GreenCityMetric award.
” We are thankful for Semarang’s success in acquiring UI’s appreciation for its spatial planning and facilities,” she said, adding that last year, UI had also chosen Semarang as Indonesia’s finest sustainable city.
In spite of being ranked as the most sustainable city in Indonesia, Semarang is still facing a variety of difficulties that need to be resolved in the middle of severe risks postured by El Nino, Rahayu included.
The Semarang local government is presently enhancing the city’s infrastructure centers in anticipation of floods during the rainy season and in action to El Nino-related dangers, she informed.
” There are lots of things that need to be repaired, consisting of tidal flooding and landslides,” she added.
Rahayu said that the appreciation that Semarang got from UI will encourage all stakeholders in the city to implement all sustainable city programs.
As specified on its main site, the UI GreenCityMetric uses 6 performance indications in ranking Indonesia’s sustainable cities and districts.
The signs make up spatial preparation and infrastructure (16 percent), environment change and energy (19 percent), waste management and disposal (19 percent), water management (15 percent), mobility and gain access to (16 percent), and governance (15 percent).
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