I'm very happy to have the opportunity to talk to you about Toronto, particularly to talk about how the City of Toronto endeavors to turn itself with success into a green city in theprocess of economic integration with its surrounding cities.
The City of Toronto is a mature municipality and has limited greenfield development potential. Unlike the cities surrounding us, the City of Toronto has also the added cost burden of having to begin replacing its infrastructure which in some cases is over 100 years old. Most of the development in the municipalities around Toronto has occurred over the past 30 years and therefore their infrastructure is relatively new and was paid for by the
development charges.
我很高兴有机会向各位介绍一下多伦多，我想着重谈一下多伦多市在与其周边城市经济一体化的过程中是如何成功地将自己打造成为一座绿色城市的。
多伦多市是一个发展得很成熟的大城市，这样就限制了这座城市的土地开发潜力。此外，多伦多市还面临着长达百年之久的城市基础设施的重建问题，基础设施的重建也给这座城市增加了沉重负担。而多伦多市周边的城市大都是在最近30年才发展起来的新城，因而它们的基础设施比较新，而且这些城市基础设施建设的费用已在城市自身建设的过程中得到了解决。
The Greater Toronto Area has one of the most diversified economies of any region in North America. The largest economic sectors in the region include aerospace, biomedical industry, apparel industry, food processing industry, financial services, business and professional services, information technology, telecommunication and media. Due to the urbanization of the Greater Toronto Area, over the last 30 years, most of the largest economic sectors spanned across municipal boundaries. Most of the high value added business operations, for example, financial services, biomedical industry, computer software development, digital media, and research and development, are located within the City of Toronto. Traditional heavy manufacturing operations tend to locate in the surrounding municipalities, where the realty taxes are lower and there is a plenty of available land for greenfield development.
大多伦多地区有着北美地区最丰富的经济体，其最大的经济体有航空业、生物医药业、服装业、食品加工业、金融服务业、商业服务业、专业服务业、信息技术产业、电信传媒产业等。由于整个大多伦多区域的城市化，大部分规模最大的经济体的发展在过去30年里跨越了城市边界。大部分高附加值的商务运作实体，如金融服务业、生物医药业、计算机软件产业、数码传媒业、研究开发机构等，都座落在多伦多市区内，而传统的重工业则呈现出向多伦多周边城市转移的发展态势，这是因为多伦多周边城市的地税较低，而且有大量的土地可发展为绿地。
One of the four visions in the "City's Strategic Plan" is that Toronto is clean, green and environmentally sustainable. The City of Toronto has adopted an environmental plan to achieve its long-term goal of environmental sustainability. The plan includes 66 specific recommendations which guide city policies. It was developed within input from a wide range of community participants including citizens, students, academics, businesses, civil servants from the municipal, provincial and federal governments and City Councillors.
多伦多市的《城市发展战略计划》含四个发展目标，其中之一就是把多伦多市建设成为一座清洁、绿色、环境可持续性发展的城市。多伦多市制订了一项环保计划，以确保这座城市实现可持续性发展的长期目标。这项环保计划包含旨在引导城市政策的66条细则。社会各界为其献计献策，各方人士群策群力，共同参与了这项环保计划的制订，他们中间有市民、学生、学者、商人、市政府公务员、省政府公务员、联邦政府公务员，以及市政厅议员。
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