Birgit Georgi Smart Growth, Malmö 5 April 2011 European Environment Agency Cities Cities making Europe sustainable making Europe sustainable
Mar 27, 2015
Birgit Georgi
Smart Growth, Malmö 5 April 2011
European Environment Agency
CitiesCitiesmaking Europe sustainablemaking Europe sustainable
Europe in a nutshell
The world as we know it …
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Population
2002
Wealth
Europes wealth and resources Out
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to
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In
China & India catch up
China
India
Europe
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Wealth in the future
We risk our
quality of life
Cities in Europe ...
75% people4% area
… where wealth is generated
… … and where we liveand where we live
Photo: Jörg Thiemann-Linden
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69%
Cities consume
of Europe’s primary energy
Source: IEA, 2008
… and effect whole Europe
London’s ecological footprint is around twice the size of
Great Britain
Source: www.citylimitslondon.com/
But !
tonnes of oil equivalent / year in Europe
Source: IEA, 2008
rural resident
4.9
city resident
3.5
Efficiency
Energy consumptionPassenger transport versus density
European cities
Source: WWF, 2007
Resident’s transport footprint
Imagine, we all would spread across the countryside ...
95
100
105
110
115
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Per
cent
age
incr
ease Population
Urban growth
In fact, we are spreading!
Source: EEA, 2010
Source: EEA, 2010
Some hope
Challenges Challenges aheadahead
• Scarcity of resources
• Climate change
Turn challenges into potentials !
• Scarcity of resources
• Climate change
• Urban density
Green it!Green it!Cool it!Cool it!
Co-benefitsclean airquiet
public space
social contacts
green
attractive
compact
greenefficient
nice
We are different
No one-size-fit-all!
Back to Europe …
The cities have Europe in their hand
… but are not alone
EU cohesion p.
EU transport p.
EU rural p.
EU climate p.
Local rural p. Other citie’s p.
Urban planning and design urban energy p.
urban transport
Integrated & multi-level
European
national
local
Quality of life
for all!
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