Presentation from Kaarin Taipale, (Urban Studies) - Used at Globe Forum Dublin 2010

1. THE CITY
AS A SOLUTION TO
SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLEE FUTURES
Globe Forum – Dublin 18 Nov 2010
KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (Urban Studies)KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (Urban Studies)
Aalto University School of Economics, Centre for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki

2. A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLEE CITY
 - environmentally
 - socially, culturally, societally
 - economically
WITH INNOVATIONS IN
 - energy
 - urban mobility
 - procurement
 - metropolitan governance
 - public space

3. WHAT IS AN
UNSSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLEE
CITY?

5. Delhi – 22 Oct 2009 – Kaarin Taipale

7. INNOVATIONS IN
ENERGY

8. MASDAR CITY, ABU DHABIMASDAR CITY, ABU DHABI
ZERO CARBON
ZERO WASTE
ZERO EMISSIONS

9. ”We cancan build and retrofit
buildings to achieve 60 – 90% energy60 – 90% energy
savingssavings as compared to standard
practice”
(Dr. Urge-Vorsatz, CEU)

10. ”Positive Power Buildings”
”Buildings as generators of energy”
(Jeremy Rifkin)

11. 1. SAVINGS1. SAVINGS

12. 2.2.
EFFICIENCYEFFICIENCY

13. WIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMALWIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMAL
3. RENEWABLE3. RENEWABLE
ENERGYENERGY

14. INNOVATIONS IN
URBAN MOBILITY

16. ERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NLERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NL

17. BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL

18. INNOVATIONS
IN PROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT

19.  CITIES AS GOOD CUSTOMERS!
(e.g. Case Curitiba BRT)
 NETWORKS OF CITIES USING
SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA IN
PROCUREMENT
(e.g. Procura+ of ICLEI)

20.  SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA
FOR FINANCING
& LAND LEASE
(e.g. Case Viikki, Helsinki)

21. INNOVATIONS IN
METROPOLITANMETROPOLITAN
GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE

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

23. INNOVATIONS IN
PUBLIC SPACEPUBLIC SPACE