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ASIA SMART CITY PANEL DISCUSSION – OCT. 29, 2014

SOCIAL INNOVATION / SMART CITY WEEK 2014YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

Ani Dasgupta, Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Over 50% of the global population now live in cities and urban areas, rising to 70% by 2050.

Sources: : LSE Cities and Oxford Economics based on United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 Revision and Oxford Economics City 750 database.

Cities

CHALLENGE150 largest metropolitan

economies account for 14% of global population yet

generate 41% of global GDP.

OPPORTUNITY

“BUSINESS AS USUAL” URBANISATION STARTING TO BREAK DOWN

- Infrastructure gap- Traffic congestion- Air pollution- Social exclusion

- Energy lock-in- Economic cost- Embedded emissions- Operational emissions

CHOICES MATTER: CITIES WITH SIMILAR LEVELS OF GDP PER CAPITA HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT CARBON EMISSIONS

Source: LSE Cities based on multiple sources

CHOICES MATTER: ATLANTA AND BARCELONA HAVE SIMILAR POPULATIONS AND WEALTH LEVELS BUT VERY DIFFERENT CARBON PRODUCTIVITIES

Source: Bertaud and Richardson, 2004, Kenworthy (2003) citied in Lefevre, B. (2009)

Atlanta’s built-up area Barcelona’s built-up area

Population: 2.5 millionUrban area: 4,280 km2

Transport carbon emissions: 7.5 tonnes CO2 per person (public+ private transport)

Population: 2.8 millionUrban area: 162 km2

Transport carbon emissions: 0.7tonnes CO2 per person (public+ private transport)

ATLANTA BARCELONA

COMPONENTS OF EMERGING NEW PRACTICES

• Smarter transport systems, smarter utilities, smart grids

Connected infrastructure

• Managed expansion, mixed-use urban form, good quality urban design

Compact urban growth

• Integrated land use and transport authorities, integrated planning, PPPs

Coordinated governance

India Bangalore BIG bus 150,000passengers per day

India reorganizing and innovating in 12,500 auto-rickshaws

Brazil BRT: quality transport for 1.5 m people everyday

6 Turkish cities developing bike lanes & culture

CONNECTED

90m Mexicans benefit from national urban reform

India twin cities Hubli-Dharwad: travel time to be reduced by 30%

India: reimagining Mumbai's Marol district. Safe, open, accessible thriving public spaces.

COMPACT

8.8m people with mobility as a right in Mexico city

200 mw of green power procurement by 2018 with India’s green power market development

group

60+ cities take action from the Global Protocol for Community-

scale GHG Emissions (GPC)

Cities use aqueduct water tool to estimate water risks. China

initiative: Beijing -Tianjin-Hebei regional analysis

COORDINATED

WRI ROSS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES

CONNECTED COMPACT COORDINATED

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