Eco-city indicators: governance challenges

Joss, Simon; Tomozeiu, Daniel; Cowley, Robert

doi:10.2495/sc120101

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“…The methodologies presented here, developed in collaboration with local experts and stakeholders, aim at contributing to the practical debate on the mainstreaming of ecocities. They can also complement the definition of ecocity indicators proposed by authors like Joss as a tool to support governance and a necessary step towards establishing common standards for urban sustainability [34].…”

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Methodologies Developed for EcoCity Related Projects: New Borg El Arab, an Egyptian Case Study

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Abstract:The aim of the methodologies described here is to propose measures and procedures for developing concepts and technological solutions, which are adapted to the local conditions, to build sustainable communities in developing countries and emerging economies. These methodologies are linked to the EcoCity framework outlined by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. for sustainable community and neighbourhood regeneration and development. The framework is the result of a long experience in numerous EcoCity related projects, mainly Nordic and European in scope, which has been reformulated in recent years to respond to the local needs in the previously mentioned countries. There is also a particular emphasis on close collaboration with local partners and major stakeholders. In order to illustrate how these methodologies can support EcoCity concept development and implementation, results from a case study in Egypt will be discussed. The referred case study relates to the transformation of New Borg El Arab (NBC), near Alexandria, into an EcoCity. The viability of the idea was explored making use of different methodologies (Roadmap, Feasibility Study, and Residents Energy Survey and Building Consumption Assessment) and considering the Residential, Commercial/Public Facilities, Industrial, Services/Utilities, and Transport sectors.

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Methodologies Developed for EcoCity Related Projects: New Borg El Arab, an Egyptian Case Study

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“…Joss et al [9] have identified the basic problem which causes insufficient patronising of public transport. They [9] suggested a maximum 300m distance of pedestrian travel to access public transport. A recent internationally-applicable suggestion [10] to apply this type of new technology to Brisbane's public transport system was rejected because of high retrofitting costs [11,12].…”

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Urban planning for emergent technologies, new life-styles and a changing environment

Boothroyd¹

2013

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Urban designs often cannot be adapted to changing life-styles. Alternatively, some examples may incur prohibitive costs of retrofitting. In today's fast-moving society the urban designer faces an increasing variety of problems. Some of these are considerations which have merely changed. These include urban and interurban transport; waste disposal and recycling; unemployment and workforce mobility; education and recreational facilities. Other considerations are more novel such as developments in manufacturing technology; likely changes in taxation methods; reducing domestic incomes; promotion of racial and religious harmony; retailing, or hiring of products as an alternative; product reliability; alternative ways of dwelling purchase; adapting planning to accommodating changes in climate particularly in high temperature zones. The paper concludes with an outlined large-scale planning proposal using solar power for large-scale electricity supplies integrating the economic and social interests of Europe and Africa This example requires some of the above and some additional considerations.

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“…We must consider the need to reorganize society and generate an environmental power that ensures the maintenance of consumption of flows and capital in the long term. This implies further develop appropriate sustainability indicators [11].…”

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Contributions to a theoretical framework for sustainable urban development: some conclusions of the Spanish case

Garcia

2013

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The period 1997-2007 was a period of economic expansion in Europe, particularly in Spain. The expansion occurred based on easy credit in a globalized economy. In Spain, a large part of the credit was allocated to civil works and construction of housing. So it caused a "housing bubble" that burst in 2007. Thus, in the period 1997-2007 unsustainable urban development was produced in Spain. Today we know a lot of the historical data of the process and its consequences in the economic recession lasting from 2007 to the present. Nowadays, it is possible to systematize the features of urban development, economic processes and behaviors of different social agents during the unsustainable development and after in Spain. Particularly in Spain, Valencia promoted especially this development model and, consequently, has become one of the paradigmatic cases. In addition, tourist residential demand has played an important role throughout this process. Tourist activity is a very important economic sector in Spain and especially on the Valencian and Mediterranean coast. This paper is a synthesis of the evolution of the main variables that explain in this case the unsustainable urban development process taking into account environmental, economic and social aspects. It also identifies the consequences. The analysis draws conclusions that can be generalized in this type of process. This allows us to generate proposals to identify the objective conditions that must be met in sustainable urban development.

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Eco-city indicators: governance challenges

Cited by 26 publications

References 6 publications

Methodologies Developed for EcoCity Related Projects: New Borg El Arab, an Egyptian Case Study

Methodologies Developed for EcoCity Related Projects: New Borg El Arab, an Egyptian Case Study

Urban planning for emergent technologies, new life-styles and a changing environment

Contributions to a theoretical framework for sustainable urban development: some conclusions of the Spanish case

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