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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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