A SUSTAINABLE CITY

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A SUSTAINABLE CITY AND HOW TO
GET THERE NEW CITY LANDSCAPE GREEN SOLUTIONS OF
SUCCESS Nordic Week St. Petersburg
International Innovation Forum 29 Sept 2010
KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (URBAN STUDIES) Aalto
University School of Economics, Centre for
Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki
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• A SUSTAINABLE CITY
• - environmentally
• - socially, culturally, societally
• - economically
• HOW TO GET THERE? WITH INNOVATIONS IN
• - energy
• - urban mobility
• - procurement
• - metropolitan governance
• - public space

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A SUSTAINABLE CITY?
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Delhi 22 Oct 2009 Kaarin Taipale
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ERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NL

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IN A SUSTAINABLE CITY A PEDESTRIAN IS THE
KING!
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HOW TO GET THERE? INNOVATIONS IN ENERGY
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• MASDAR CITY, ABU DHABI
• ZERO CARBON
• ZERO WASTE
• ZERO EMISSIONS

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We can build and retrofit buildings to achieve
60 90 energy savings as compared to standard
practice (Dr. Urge-Vorsatz, CEU)
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Positive Power Buildings Buildings as
generators of energy (Jeremy Rifkin)
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Poznan 09 Dec 2008 Kaarin Taipale
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1. SAVINGS
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2. EFFICIENCY
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3. RENEWABLE ENERGY
WIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMAL
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INNOVATIONS IN URBAN MOBILITY
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BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL
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INNOVATIONS IN PROCUREMENT
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CITIES AS GOOD CUSTOMERS! (e.g. Case Curitiba
BRT) SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA CITY NETWORKS FOR
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (e.g.
Procura of ICLEI)
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SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR FINANCING
LAND LEASE (e.g.
Case Viikki, Helsinki)
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INNOVATIONS IN METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE
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Poznan 09 Dec 2008 Kaarin Taipale
SOURCE SIR RICHARD ROGERS
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INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC SPACE
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