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greater use of electric vehicles. Traffic anti-congestion measures including adaptive traffic control
or prioritasation measures could be deployed by the city.
• In urban planning terms, Bizerte has reportedly implemented four of five principles (compactness,
connectivity, integration, and social inclusiveness), which put it on its way to becoming a sustainably
planned city. The city could benefit from urban development efforts and spatial assessment towards
developing greater resilience to climate change. Creating more pedestrian zones and encouraging
foot traffic will also help optimize Bizerte’s urban planning results.

• An integrated approach to climate change and air pollution should be considered, in order to reduce
the risks of applying climate-change measures with significant negative impacts on air quality.
Bizerte could utilize ITU Recommendations such as ITU-T Y.4207: ‘Requirements and capability
framework of smart environmental monitoring’ and ITU-T Y.4700/F.747.2: ‘Deployment guidelines
for ubiquitous sensor network applications and services for mitigating climate change’. In particular,
GHGs can be reduced through following Recommendations such as ITU-T L.1450 on ‘Methodologies
for the assessment of the environmental impact of the information and communication technology
sector’ and Recommendation ITU-T L.1460: ‘Connect 2020 greenhouse gas emission guidelines’.

• Across the KPIs for public space and nature, environmental quality, green area accessibility can
continue to be improved as part of the city’s sustainability strategy, in addition to measuring and
reporting noise levels within the city.

• In water consumption terms, the city can reduce its rates by following water conservation best
practices and through the use of conservation technologies and public awareness-raising.
• All cities should prioritize solid waste recycling in a regulated facility, or solid waste incineration that
leads to energy production, over all other forms of disposal. Increasing recycling rates can form
an important part of the city’s future sustainability strategy. Best practices such as enhancing and
reinforcing public communication and outreach, evaluating contracts, recycling markets and pricing
levels, modifying collection techniques, legislating/funding smart recycling and leveraging lessons
learned regionally can help optimize waste recycling as well as following ITU Recommendations
such as ITU-T L.1030: ‘E waste management framework for countries’, amongst others.
• All cities should optimize the use of sustainable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal,
hydropower and ocean energy to meet their energy consumption needs and to track their progress
by reporting these KPIs. Best practices in energy management can be encouraged through
appropriate policies, incentives and procedures. Recommendations that guide the modernization
and optimization of various public energy use sources can be utilized, including, for example,
Recommendation ITU-T Y.4458 ‘Requirements and functional architecture of a smart street light
service’.

• Within the Society and Culture dimension, some benchmarks are reached thanks to a high adult
literacy rate and some positive, health-related outcomes. Nevertheless, there is room for Bizerte to
enhance ICT use in classrooms, and track future progress as part of its smart sustainability strategy.
The maternal mortality rate should also be further examined to determine the factors involved and
progress monitored and reported year on year. The city would also benefit from the adoption of
planned electronic health records via a unified, cloud-based system in all hospitals.

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