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Entrepreneurial green cities

Ulrich Mans PhD Candidate. Entrepreneurial green cities. Investigating the advance of renewable energy in emerging market cities. Step 1: G lobal city networks Looking beyond rankings : e very city is global in its own ways.

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Entrepreneurial green cities

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  1. Ulrich Mans PhD Candidate Entrepreneurial green cities Investigating the advance of renewableenergy in emergingmarketcities

  2. Step 1: Global city networksLookingbeyondrankings: every city is global in itsownways EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  3. Step 1: Global city networksLookingbeyondrankings: every city is global in itsownways EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  4. Step 1: Global city networksLookingbeyondrankings: every city is global in itsownways EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  5. Step 1: Global city networksLookingbeyondrankings: every city is global in itsownways • Towards a new field of research: • Industrialisedmarkets… to… emergingmarkets • Frommega-cities … to… medium sizecities • Economicfootprint … to… sector-specificleverage • A new type of city connectivity, basedon a city’s ‘prime sectors’ EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  6. Looking at medium-sizecitiesWhythe 1-5 millioncategory is important: the bad news • Most people live there (23%) • Growing in numbers (361 in 2005, 524 in 2025) • Fast-pacedeconomicgrowth Urban Resilience Lecture

  7. Step 2: Renewable EnergyLookingbeyondsavingenergy: newenergyproduction EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  8. Step 2: Renewable EnergyLookingbeyondsavingenergy: newenergyproduction EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  9. Policy Options for CitiesHow to promote Renewable Energy Generation EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  10. Urbangovernance and the green agendaTwo trends in going green Awareness ca,mpaigns Green-concsious growth Incentivesforconsumption Regulatingstandards Subsidies forenergyproduction Research & Development Attractinginvestment CDM projects Green-driven growth EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  11. Entrepreneurialgreen citiesTwo trends in going green ? Awareness ca,mpaigns Green-concsious growth Incentivesforconsumption Regulatingstandards Subsidies forenergyproduction Research & Development Attractinginvestment CDM projects Green-driven growth EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  12. Step 3: Entrepreneurial green cityLookingbeyond the firstexperiments Masdar, United Arab Emirates Green-concsious growth Cape Town, South Africa Songdo, South Korea Pune, India Zira Island, Azerbaijan Wuxi, China Green-driven growth EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  13. Renewable EnergyInvestment trends in anemerging sector - SOLAR EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  14. Renewable EnergyInvestment trends in anemerging sector - WIND EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  15. Case Study: Cape TownDilemma’s of a pioneer • Earlyaction: 2002 WSSD • Commitmentonmunicipal level • Keyfiguresadvocatingpilotprojects • First results in 2008 • Assessing the problems • Butnow: waitingfornationalregulation Urban Resilience Lecture

  16. WayForwardResearch Questions • Whichmedium-sizecities are emergingcentres of the globalrenewabbleenergy sector? • To whatextent to they combine GCG with GDG? • Whichstrategies do municipalitiesfollow …? • Whatchallenges do municipalities face…? • Howmuchautonomy do these municipalities have…? EADI Expert Meeting 2010

  17. Thankyou. u.mans@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/u.mans/ EADI Expert Meeting 2010

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