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Applied Sustainability and Eco-city towards Sustainable Urban Development

by : Seng Touch ; Rawee Hanpachern

Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University

National and International Conference on Sustainable

Community Development “5th Future of Development toward Stability, Prosperity and Sustainability in the ASEAN Community 2015”

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Cities are major agents in lessening the quality of the environment for next

generations

Introduction World population: 7.3 billion (2015) and will reach 8.5 billion (2040), approaching two-thirds urban

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Cities cope with the impacts from i) globalization, ii) decentralization of responsibilities, and iii) a rapid population growth etc.

Urban policy and planning increasingly to adopt a long-term prospective role

Sustainability

Eco-City

Climate change and energy consumption

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….A dynamic process geared towards achieving suitable conditions

that address environmental, economic, social, and governance

sustainability concerns (Rasoonlimanesh et al., 2011)

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Sustainable Urban Development

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Sustainable urban development?

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Urban Sustainable Development Goals:• Educate and focus on urgent urban challenges and future

opportunities• Mobilize and empower all urban actors around practical problem

solving• Address the specific challenges of urban poverty and access to

infrastructure• Promote integrated and innovative infrastructure design and

service delivery• Promote land use planning and efficient spatial concentration• Ensure resilience to climate change and disaster risk reduction

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o Strengthening economic prosperity and employment in towns

and cities

o Promoting equality, social inclusion and regeneration in urban

areas

o Protecting and improving the urban environment: towards local

and global sustainability

o Contributing to good urban governance and local empowerment

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EU Framework for action for sustainable urban development:



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o Sustainability and eco-city have been introducing to urban

development and planning in intention towards sustainable

urban development

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- Indicators of sustainable development as three key dimensions

for sustainable urban development

Social Wellbeing, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Quality



Content

SustainabilitySustainable Development is the ability to ensure that development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Unite Nation, 1987).

Society

Environment

Economy


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Social Wellbeing: health, safety, affordable – housing and services,

access to public recreation and open space a variety of transportation options

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Environmental Quality: Efficient land use, efficient resource use,

waste/pollution minimization and management, climate change and natural

disaster mitigation, resilience, carbon efficient, transportation



Economic Opportunity: a diversified and competitive local and regional

economy, transportation and other infrastructure coordinated with land use,

growth plans, access to capital and credit, and education, jobs, and training.

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o an eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining

resilient structure and function of natural ecosystems (eco-city Builders,

2010)

o Source concept of eco-city originates from the concept of sustainable

development (Coplák, 2003).

o dimensions of eco-city concepts, such as appropriate technology,

community economic development, social ecology, the green movement,

bioregionalism and sustainable development (Roseland, 1997).

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Eco-city

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Eco-city?


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Eco-city in Urban Development

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25 principles based on the conceptual framework of the EU project outcome in the Eco-city workshop II in Vienna, June 2002


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o revise land-use priorities for compact, diverse, green, safe, pleasant and

mixed-use communities near transit modes and other transportation facilities

o revise transportation priorities for green transport

o restore damaged urban environment

o create decent, affordable, safe, convenient, and racially and economically

missed housing

o nurture social justice and create improved opportunities for women, people

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10 principles of Eco-city in Urban Development

Eco-city


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o support local agriculture, urban greening projects and community gardening

o promote recycling, innovative appropriate technology

o work with businesses to support ecologically sound economic activity while

discouraging pollution waste and the use and production of hazardous materials

o promote voluntary simplicity and discourage excessive consumption of material

goods

o increase awareness of the local environment and bioregion through activist and

educational projects that increase public awareness of ecological sustainability

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Eco-city


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o Economic Opportunity, Social Wellbeing, Environmental Quality and Good

Governance are key components of Sustainable Urban Development

o Sustainability and Eco-city concepts have been applied in urban development

in the purpose of sustainable urban development achievement.

o Sustainability seems to be a broad theme in terms of urban development

o Eco-city is originated from the concept of sustainability, but it covers the

issues of economic, environmental, social, and governance in terms of

practices and implementations, as well as sustainable urban form and

transport, and urban designs.

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Conclusion


Thank You !!

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National and International Conference on Sustainable

Community Development “5th Future of Development toward Stability, Prosperity and Sustainability in the ASEAN Community 2015”


Seng Touch ; Rawee Hanpachern

Applied sustainability and eco city towards sustainable urban development centhara...

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