visions for the city of the future

Visions for the City of the Future

Michael KuhndtCSCP - Centre on SustainableConsumption and Production

www.scp-centre.org Michael Kuhndt CSCP Visions for the City of the Future, Basel 2012

What kind of city will we live in?

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How will we live in the City of the Future?How will we consume?How will we travel?What will be important to us?What are the upcoming trends?


Understanding - individual needs - global mega-trendsHuman-centred & holistic approach

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… and delivering more sustainable options to meet individual needs and desires, while addressing the global mega-trends

Understanding individual needs, desires, influencers & motivators…

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What is more sustainable living?


Source: Happy Planet Index

< 1 planet

1 – 2 planets

2 – 4 planets

> 4 planets

Current challenge for Sustainable Consumption and Production: Over-used & scarce resources

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What is our impact on the planet?

Is sustainable infrastructure enough?

Do we need to change behaviours and lifestyles as well?

Will we still need the resources of 4 planets?I.e. a 4-planet lifestyle?


Which sustainability projects to support?

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• Systems map of future leverage points (hot spots) for sustainable lifestyles and green economy (e.g. in mobility, housing, food/drink, ICT etc)

• Recommendations, which initiatives to support in order to foster sustainability based on a holistic and systemic approach


Energy Efficient Cooking

Organic and local food via farmers network

Renewable energy

Sustainable wood

Using waste materials, local designers

Recycled Metals

Recycled materials

Huge innovation potential


Technology Innovation


Social Innovation


Skills for the Future


Business Models


Sporadically used household appliances

• drills• kitchen machines• washing machines

Space

• holiday flats• gardens• guest rooms

Life-phase specific goods

• skies• babies’ stuff• university text books

Goods replaced by services

• online movie-renting• decentralized ans-wering machine & fax• cloud computing

Transportation goods

• city bikes• cars• lorries

Office equipment and space

• printer/scanner/ beamers• joint kitchen, bath- & conference rooms

• clothing• accessories• sport stuff

Apparel

Consuming differently: Collaborative models



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How will the infrastructure in the City of the Future look like?How can we create incentives for sustainable consumer behaviour?How will the infrastructure influence consumer behaviour?


Translating Sustainability What it means for our daily lives…

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Developing a Vision

• Asking different stakeholders for their views• Gathering Ideas• Creating Knowledge• Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 Workshops


Before RioDeveloping a Vision: Sustainable Lifestyles 2050

During RioInteractive Exhibit: Letting people feel, taste, smell sustainability

After RioFacilitating Dialogues between different stakeholders

Enabling Sustainable Consumption and Sustainable Lifestyles


Interactive Exhibit

• Making People “feel” sustainability

• Immersion into sustainable lifestyles


100 Big Ideas:Sustainable Lifestyles for a Green

Economy

5 Cities

1 Global Network

Vision 2050 Goal / Objectives

Network Facilitation, Best Practice Exchange, Dialogue

Leadership, Vision Workshops, Guide, Country Facilitation

„Experiences“, Sustainable Lifestyles

Coaches, Idea Hubs

Global Dialogue Facilitation


Driving innovation to meet new models of sustainabilityEfficiencies alone will not be enough to bring current consumption patterns to sustainable levels, widespread changes will also be required to consumer behaviours and lifestyles

Our Vision

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MoreSustainableLifestyles

SustainableConsumer Behaviour

SustainableInnovation &

Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Infrastructure

Supply Demand Groundswell

Thank you for your attention

Michael KuhndtCSCP - Centre on SustainableConsumption and Production


Establishing new infrastructures to support sustainable innovations: The CSCP works on conceptualising and visualising the future physical, social and virtual infrastructure we need for achieving sustainable ways of living.

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Increasing the Benefits

Reducing the Impacts

= Increased sustainability

Dividing true value by impact to provide a measure of how sustainably benefits are delivered to society and linking consumption and production

Measures for Sustainability

Energy

Well-being

WaterEnergy

WasteLand

depletion

Social benefits

Usage benefits

EcosystembenefitsIndividual

Well-being

Harmful substances

Social impacts


Promising Consuming

Food & Consumables

1. Linking consumption & production (urban farming)

2.Balancing meat consumption

3.Smart, efficient products


Promising LivingBuildings & Cities1.Community 21st Century2.Smart, Easy, Efficient – Buildings, Eco-towns, Transition towns3.New ways of working 4.Skills for the future


Promising Moving

Moving & Mobility 1.Collaborative mobility (sharing, swapping, redistributing)2.Connected mobility infrastructure3.Easy, convenient, sufficient


Trendspotting

Sustainable Living


Vision 2050: Impulses

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Vision 2050City of the Future

Collaborative ConsumptionCommunication and sharing; intelligent consumption

Sustainable InfrastructureMobility; communication; networks; encouraging sustainable behaviour

Sustainable Consumer BehaviourSustainable lifestyles; consuming more intelligently;