Suzhou wins the 2014 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The city of Suzhou in China was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2014 on Wednesday for its outstanding urban transformation that combines preserving its historical roots alongside enacting sustainable developmentpolicies.
This is despite the rapid industrialisation and urban and environmental challenges besetting the country, said theCentre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and theUrban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA), both organisers of the biennialaward.
The Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, first awarded in 2010 to the Bilbao City Hall in Spain, is named after Singapore's first Prime Minister for his vision of turning the country into a clean and green city. It is an honour given to cities that have created liveable, sustainablecommunities.
Suzhou's achievement "lies in the city's success in meeting the multiple challenges of achieving economic growth in order to create jobs and a better standard of living for its people; balancing rapid urban growth with the need to protect its cultural and built heritage; and coping with a large influx of migrant workers while maintaining social stability", explained the jury in theircitation.
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