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Transition Towards Sustainable Cities: Role of Resource Efficiency

Explore the importance of resource-efficient cities for a sustainable future, challenges they face, and solutions across sectors and scales. Learn about urban governance, societal involvement, and the complexity of urban systems. Enhance your knowledge and support policy development. Source reports and insights on enabling resource-efficient cities.

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Transition Towards Sustainable Cities: Role of Resource Efficiency

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  1. Mieke De Schoenmakere 13 September 2016, Studiedag circulaire economie, Mechelen Transition towards more sustainability: the role of resource efficient cities

  2. The key challenge for the 21st century Within environmental limits ‘good life’ (Global Footprint Network, 2012; UNDP, 2014)

  3. Source: Tesla Limits to efficiency and technological gains

  4. An increasingly integrated, systemic policy setting Low carbon economy Decarbonisation Resi l ience Well being Water Materials Carbon Land Energy Mobility Urban Food Resource efficiency Circular economy

  5. International and European framework International • UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG 11: Make citiesand human settlementsinclusive, safe, resilientandsustainable European • EU 2020 – strategytopromote smart, inclusiveandsustainablegrowth Flagshipinitiative ‘Resource efficient Europe’ • 7 EAP: Priority objective 9: help citiesbecome more sustainable Aim: by 2020, most cities in the EU are implementingpoliciesforurban planning and design. Low-carbon, resource efficient, competitiveand well-being

  6. Enhance the knowledge base and support policy development Three reports ‘What is a resource efficient city?’ ‘Resource efficient cities: good practices’ ‘Enabling resource efficient cities’

  7. Enhance the knowledge base and support policy development Why resource-efficient cities matter? What are the main challenges and what can be done? What solutions can be implemented on different scales (time and space) and across sectors? What are the main drivers making urban transformation possible? How cities can be governed to achieve the transition to resource-efficient urban areas? How can the society be involved in the decision making proces?

  8. Cities -factors of complexity • A majority small and middle size cities in Europe • Cities with no clear limit • Continuum Urban - Rural • What is a city? • Adiminstrative city (Core city) • Physical lay-out (UMZ) • ´The Real´ city (LUZ) • Cities are a complex system • Integration of different dimensions • Urban technical system • Green infrastructure • Society

  9. drivers sources sinks Urban system patterns lifestyles Ecological support systems The urban system

  10. The urban system- source of opportunities

  11. Lineair metabolism

  12. The lifespan of people, assets and infrastructure

  13. Sequential investment for a better return

  14. The key characteristics of a compact city

  15. The consequences for the water system

  16. Distribution of water consumption by household type

  17. Green urbanism

  18. A vision for the future

  19. A vision for the future – challenges Source Lerablog.org

  20. Thank you Marie.Cugny-Seguin@eea.europa.eu Mieke.Deschoenmakere@eea.europa.eu Sign up to receive EEA news, reports and alerts on your areas of interest at http://eea-subscriptions.eu/subscribe eea.europa.eu

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