TRANSITIONING URBAN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Ljubljana partner and case study presentationRotterdam, 25.6.2012

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Ljubljana urban region one of twelve statistical regions in Slovenia

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

FACTS ABOUT THE REGION

area: 2.555 km2

12,6 % SLO number of municipalities: 26 520.000 inhabitants population: 25,7 % SLO personal vehicles: 26,4% SLO GDP share: 36,1% SLO region with highest GDP and salaries 40% of the surface is part of Natura 2000

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

• Regional development agency of Ljubljana urban region (RDA LUR)• established by municipalites in 2002 to promote development at regional level

Main activities:

• development of relationships between the public and private sector at the local, regional, national and international levels in order to promote development initiatives and inhence coherent regional development

• acquisition of domestic and foreign financial support

• acceleration of integrated regional development

• planning and implementation of regional and other development programmes

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Further involved in:

• consultancy and project applications

• calls for regional development incentives

• participation in the preparation of national development planning documents

• cooperation in the formulation and implementation of the Regional development strategy of Slovenia

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The Ljubljana Urban Region is a conurbation, intertwined with nature

The main aim of the agency is to make the region a friendly and recognisable entity with

common goals

We support recognisable and high quality projects in the field of regional development

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

EU PROJECTS

EU2020Focuses on a transfer of Good Practices among 14 european partners into the Structural Funds programmes of the partner regions. Through regional cooperation the project is intended to contribute to an effective implementation of the EU 2020 strategy at both local and regional levels.

CATCH_MRPromotes sustainable joint transport solutions in Metropolitan Regions by reducing transport without reducing mobility and by increasing the share of environmentally friendly transportation.

CREATIVE CITIESFocuses on creative industry potentials for more competitive & attractive cities. The goal is to establish a transnational network and a joint action plan in the creative industries among the participating Middle European Cities.

POLY5The project aims at making mountain areas catch the opportunities of major transport infrastructure, rather than just suffer their environmental and social impact, targeting the phases of piloting and policy implementation.

RAILHUCRAILHUC aims at enhancing rail transport in the Central Europe regions by improving the feeding functions on rail of major hub cities and their respective territories and fostering functional integration and multimodal cooperation among transport hubs.

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

TRANSPORT ISSUES

transport a major concern in the region LUR is the main national infrastructure junction Ljubljana is the intersection of two trans-European corridors 130.000 passenger vehicle commuters/day underdeveloped public transport system lack of public awareness of safe, green and smart mobility lack of integrated public transport unrewarding modal split

number of passenger vehicles passengers transported with public road transport

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

TRANSPORT ISSUES

recent transport development focused mainly on improvement of road infrastructure

consequences: poor mobility of non-motorised users traffic congestions, exceed values of emissions and noise poor traffic safety increasing suburbanisation and urban sprawl

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

specific transport issues have already been addresed in several projects:• study on Park & Ride (P+R) transfer nods • analysis on adding an additonal „yellow“ lane for public transport in Ljubljana • introduction of a modern ticketing system for public transport• introduction of a free city bike system• increased number of train stations• analysis on Modern Day Express Lines, which would elavate traffic fluency

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS IN THE TURAS PROJECT

within the TURaS framework, RDA wants to look at the transport problem from a broader, regional level

the goal: establishment of a GIS portal/database with both graphical and written information regarding two main issues: public transportation flood risk monitoring and assessment

GIS portal as an interactive public participation platform for stakeholder and citizen comments

raising awareness on transport and flood related issues better communication between communities and stakeholders first approach on connecting spatial data on a regional level data included: bottlenecks location, flood – prone roads, roads with increased risk of

landslides, P+R locations, air pollution mapping etc. innovative way of searching for solutions on a higher level

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LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION

CHANGE OF WP4 ACVITIVITES

Task Objectives as stated in DoW Altered objectives

T4.2 Urban planning and adaptation to flood risk

Establishment of the GIS portal.The regional GIS system will allow monitoring and flood risk assessment as well as propose solutions.

T4.5 Improved climate neutral infrastructure

Establishment of the GIS portal. The GIS portal can be a valuable tool in the field of public transportation – by helping build the vitally needed resilience mobility and steering innovative solutions on the regional scale.

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