THE CITY AS A SOLUTION TO

SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLEE FUTURES

Globe Forum – Dublin 18 Nov 2010KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (Urban Studies)KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (Urban Studies)

Aalto University School of Economics, Centre for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki

A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLE E CITY - environmentally - socially, culturally, societally - economically

WITH INNOVATIONS IN - energy - urban mobility - procurement - metropolitan governance - public space

WHAT IS AN UNSSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLE E

CITY?

Delhi – 22 Oct 2009 – Kaarin Taipale

INNOVATIONS IN ENERGY

MASDAR CITY, ABU DHABIMASDAR CITY, ABU DHABI

ZERO CARBON ZERO WASTE

ZERO EMISSIONS

”We can can build and retrofit buildings to achieve 60 – 90% energy 60 – 90% energy

savings savings as compared to standard practice”

(Dr. Urge-Vorsatz, CEU)

”Positive Power Buildings””Buildings as generators of energy”

(Jeremy Rifkin)

1. SAVINGS1. SAVINGS

2. EFFICIENCY2. EFFICIENCY

WIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMALWIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMAL

3. RENEWABLE 3. RENEWABLE ENERGYENERGY

INNOVATIONS IN URBAN MOBILITY

ERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NLERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NL

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL

INNOVATIONS IN PROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT

CITIES AS GOOD CUSTOMERS! (e.g. Case Curitiba BRT)

NETWORKS OF CITIES USING SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA IN PROCUREMENT

(e.g. Procura+ of ICLEI)

SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR FINANCING & LAND LEASE

(e.g. Case Viikki, Helsinki)

INNOVATIONS INMETROPOLITAN GOVERNANCEMETROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE

Poznan – 09 Dec 2008 – Kaarin TaipaleSOURCE: SIR RICHARD ROGERS

INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC SPACEPUBLIC SPACE