I-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imemezele izinhlelo zokusiza ohulumeni basekhaya, bezifunda kanye nezizwe abalinganiselwa ku-125 bakhe ukukhetha kwezindlu ezengeziwe, benze ezokuthutha zisebenze kahle futhi zithembeke futhi zisekele izindawo ezingomakhelwane ezinempilo neziheha amabhizinisi. Lesi sinyathelo siza ngenxa yesidingo esikhulu samathuluzi okugqugquzela intuthuko esimeme kwezemvelo nezomnotho evela emiphakathini eyahlukene esizweni sonke.
“I-EPA isebenzela ukusekela imiphakathi emizamweni yayo yokuvikela impilo kanye nemvelo, nokudala ukukhetha okusimeme kwezindlu nezokuthutha okuyisisekelo somnotho oqinile,” kusho uMphathi we-EPA uLisa P. Jackson. "Ochwepheshe be-EPA bazosebenzisana ngokubambisana nemiphakathi yasemadolobheni, esemadolobheni, nesemakhaya, futhi bayisize ithuthukise amathuluzi adingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe indawo enempilo yemindeni nezingane, nezindawo ezikhangayo zamabhizinisi akhulayo."
Ukuzibophezela kwe-EPA okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.5 zamaRandi kuzoza ngezinhlelo ezimbili ezihlukene - Uhlelo Lokusiza Ukukhula Okuhlakaniphile (i-SGIA) kanye nohlelo lwe-Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities. Zombili izinhlelo zizokwamukela izincwadi ezivela emiphakathini enentshisekelo kusukela ngomhla ka-Sept. 28 kuya ku-Oct. 28, 2011.
Uhlelo lwe-SGIA, oluhlinzekwe yi-EPA kusukela ngo-2005, lusebenzisa usizo losonkontileka ukuze lugxile ezindabeni eziyinkimbinkimbi neziphambili ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme. Usizo luvumela imiphakathi ukuthi ihlole imibono emisha ukuze inqobe izithiyo ezibavimbe ekutholeni uhlobo lwentuthuko olufunayo. Izihloko ezingaba khona zihlanganisa ukusiza imiphakathi ukuthi ithuthuke ngezindlela eziyenza ikwazi ukumelana nezingozi zemvelo, ikhulise ukukhula komnotho, futhi isebenzise amandla akhiqizwa endaweni. I-Ejensi ilindele ukukhetha imiphakathi emithathu kuya kwemine ukuze ithole usizo ngenhloso yokudala amamodeli angasiza eminye imiphakathi.
Uhlelo lwe-Building Blocks luhlinzeka ngosizo lwezobuchwepheshe oluqondisiwe emiphakathini ebhekene nezinkinga ezifanayo zentuthuko. Isebenzisa amathuluzi ahlukahlukene afana nokwenza ngcono ukufinyelela kwabahamba ngezinyawo nokuphepha, ukubuyekezwa kwekhodi yendawo, nokuhlola izindlu nezokuthutha. Usizo luzohlinzekwa ngezindlela ezimbili ngonyaka ozayo. Okokuqala, i-EPA izokhetha imiphakathi efinyelela kwangu-50 futhi inikeze usizo oluqondile ngabasebenzi be-EPA nochwepheshe bemboni ezimele. Okwesibili, i-EPA inikeze izivumelwano zokubambisana ezinhlanganweni ezine ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ezinobuchwepheshe obuqhubekayo bomphakathi ukuze zilethe usizo lobuchwepheshe. Lezi zinhlangano zifaka i-Cascade Land Conservancy, i-Global Green USA, i-Project for Public Spaces, kanye ne-Smart Growth America.
I-Building Blocks kanye nezinhlelo ze-SGIA zisiza emsebenzini Wobambiswano Lwemiphakathi Esimeme, Umnyango Wezezindlu Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemadolobheni wase-US, kanye Nomnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US. Lawa ma-ejensi ahlanganyela umgomo ofanayo wokuxhumanisa ukutshalwa kwezimali kombuso kungqalasizinda, izikhungo, nezinsizakalo ukuze bathole imiphumela engcono yemiphakathi futhi basebenzise imali yabakhokhi bentela ngempumelelo kakhudlwana.
Ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana Nobambiswano Lwemiphakathi Esimeme: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov
Ulwazi olwengeziwe ngohlelo lwe-Building Blocks kanye nesicelo sezincwadi ezithakaselwayo: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/buildingblocks.htm
Ulwazi olwengeziwe ngohlelo lwe-SGIA kanye nesicelo sezincwadi ezithakaselwayo: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm