maria cruz ferreira-costa managing director - alem murcia city council, spain
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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES FOR URBAN REGENERATION. Maria Cruz FERREIRA-COSTA Managing Director - ALEM MURCIA City Council, Spain. Regeneration projects for a low-carbon economy 29 May 2009 – Baia Mare, Romania. Pan-European representative body for Europe’s biggest cities. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Maria Cruz FERREIRA-COSTA
Managing Director -ALEMMURCIA City Council, Spain
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
STRATEGIES FOR URBAN REGENERATION
Regeneration projects for a low-carbon
economy 29 May 2009 – Baia Mare,
Romania
CooperationCultureEconomyEnvironmentKnowledge SocietyMobilitySocial Affais
Pan-European representative
body for Europe’s biggest cities
Pan-European representative
body for Europe’s biggest cities
Platform to share knowledge & ideasExchange experienciesAnalyse common problemsDevelop innovative solutionsOrganise Forum, WG, Projects,
activities & eventsGIVE CITIES A VOICE!Engage in dialogue with the
European InstitutionsEUROCITIES Declaration on
Climate Change
Founded in 1986, then network brings together the local governments of more than 130 large
cities in over 30 European countries
Founded in 1986, then network brings together the local governments of more than 130 large
cities in over 30 European countries
The Municipality of MurciaThe Municipality of MurciaThe Municipality of MurciaThe Municipality of Murcia
- Administratively: Murcia CAPITAL + 54 districts- Murcia City: Centralizes ALL services- 7th most populated cities in Spain! Around 450.000 - 45% live in the city and the others in the outskirts (54 districts)
- The daily intensity of solar radiation in the municipality reaches a good level in order to take advantage of energy (yearly average 5 KWh/m2/day)
- Rain is very poor and irregular: one of the areas with less yearly average rain in Spain (<250 mm.) and consequently in Europe
- Administratively: Murcia CAPITAL + 54 districts- Murcia City: Centralizes ALL services- 7th most populated cities in Spain! Around 450.000 - 45% live in the city and the others in the outskirts (54 districts)
- The daily intensity of solar radiation in the municipality reaches a good level in order to take advantage of energy (yearly average 5 KWh/m2/day)
- Rain is very poor and irregular: one of the areas with less yearly average rain in Spain (<250 mm.) and consequently in Europe
MURCIA CITY: Capital of the Region of Murcia MURCIA CITY: Capital of the Region of Murcia with an area of 885.90 km2with an area of 885.90 km2
• Murcia’s is one of the Networks with more points of light in Spain: 84000 public lighting points and a total Power installed of 11MW
• Reason: Disseminated population Urban area: Murcia City and its 54 urban districts
• Murcia’s is one of the Networks with more points of light in Spain: 84000 public lighting points and a total Power installed of 11MW
• Reason: Disseminated population Urban area: Murcia City and its 54 urban districts
Towards a low-carbon economy
Towards a low-carbon economy
UE: More than 60% of the population live in cities
Murcia: Half of the population live in the Urban Area
Nº of inhabitants: Currently 7 biggest city in Spain
COVENANT OF MAYORS = 3 x 20!
European Cities are very different but we Do face similar difficulties and TRY TO solve problems together and find common solutions
European Cities are very different but we Do face similar difficulties and TRY TO solve problems together and find common solutions
From Sustainable Development
From Sustainable Development
Economic Development
Environmental Protection
Mobility
Improving Quality of Life
Compromises for a Sustainable Compromises for a Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment
Compromises for a Sustainable Compromises for a Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment
Sustainable managament of water resources: Our Historical problem!
Agenda 21 localEnlargement & Improving
Green Public SpacesPromoting renewable
energiesSustainable Urban Mobility:
Urban PlanAir Quality & Noise
ReductionRaising Enviromental
Awareness
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21PHASES AND MILESTONES
1998 Signing of the Aalborg Commitments
1999-2000 Environmental Diagnostic Study and Action Plan (EDSAP).
2000 Action plan
2000 and 2001: Participation in the Guide to Good Environmental Practice of FEMP for the preparation of the District Plan 21
2001 District Plan 21 (9 thematic areas and 28 indicators).
2004: Participation in the 4th European Conference on Sustainable Cities (Aalborg+10).
2005 UN Prize to the EDSAP, HABITAT programme
2005 Murcia joins the Network of Spanish City for Climate
2007-2008: Local Energy Agency, ALEM
2007-2008: Local Strategy Against Climate Change 101... X – 250.000 TCo2 x year
TODAY!! An AWARD!!! MURCIA SUSTAINABLE CITY!!!
2008-2009: Join Covenant of Mayors
Local Energy Agency & Climate Change
Local Energy Agency & Climate Change
Principales ObjetivosLOCAL ENERGETIC PLAN
•Local Energetic Consumption
•Transport & Urban Mobility
•Construction & Urbanistic Plan
•Education & Raising Awareness
Towards Sustainable DevelopmentLow Carbon
Towards Sustainable DevelopmentLow Carbon
Pollution
Noise
Emmissions
•Environmental •Social
•Economic
•Environmental •Social
•Economic
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.
What is A21L?District Plan 21 is the instrument from which cities are equipped to advance towards more sustainable communities, that is to say, more efficient and economic, cleaner and more healthy, more integrated and supportive of other cultures and realities… cities that aspire to improve the quality of life and the well-being of all their citizens through maximum respect for the environment and its resources, including human beings
-Johannesburg, 2002. 2nd World Conference on Sustainable Development.
- Aalborg + 10, 2004.
BACKGROUND
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
•Municipal Undertaking on Sustainability: Signing of the Aalborg Commitments
•Its success is based on the combination of three aspects: environment, social and economic
•It requires continuous and coordinated work among the various municipal areas (environment, urban planning, transport, social matters, economic policy, health, etc.).
•It is a continuous and long term process
•It implies the citizen participating in decision making
CHARACTERISTICS
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21INITIALLY........SOME STATISTICS
• Begginers: Participants: 210 people, as well as various public and private businesses etc..
•Interviews performed:- Encounters with the general public: 1100- District Mayors: 54 - Neighbourhood Associations: 52 - Ecologist Groups: 2- Consumer Organisations: 15
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21Signature of Aalborg
Commitments
Analysis of the current situation.
Diagnostic.
Technical Diagnosis QualitativeDiagnosis Action Plan
District Plan 21
Creation of the A21L Office
Formulation of Indicators
Participation Plan
pre-operational phase
PREPARATION SCHEMA A21L
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21 FORUM 21
Central Administration
Regional Administration
Local Administration
Ecologist Groups
University
Unions
Consumer Associations
Neighbourhood Associations
District Mayors
Independent Technicians
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
A rigorous territorial analysis of environmental matters has been performed, that has been considered of great importance for the Municipality of Murcia. These were designated “subsystems” and are the following:
Subsystem 1: Quality of the Atmospheric Environment Subsystem 2: Waste Subsystem 3: Water Subsystem 4: Quality of the Urban Environment Subsystem 5: Energy Subsystem 6: The Territory and Natural Risks Subsystem 7: Biodiversity Subsystem 8: Landscape Subsystem 9: Cultural Leisure and Free Time Resources
DIAGNOSIS OF MURCIA MUNICIPALITY
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21DIAGNOSIS
MATRIX
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN
•The Action Plan is established from the conclusions and recommendations set out in the Environmental Diagnosis document • It is a tool that enables actions directed at improving the Local Environment to be carried out in a coherent and sustainable manner
Evaluation of Strategic Lines
Evaluation of Indicators
Update the Action Plan
SUSTAINABILITY
FEEDBACK
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN
PHILOSOPHY AND VISION
Synthesis of the principal environmental aspects.
Causes of the principal environmental aspects.
Identify Actions Formulation of Objectives.
Grouping of Actions into Strategic Lines
Formulation and Selection of INDICATORS
Evaluation and Monitoring
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Project Prioritisation Criteria Creation of Strategic Lines in order to deal with the objectives
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN
Strategic Lines:
1. Development of Urban Environmental Services
2. Improve Urban Environmental Quality
3. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Land and Biodiversity
4. Training, Information and Raising Public Awareness
5. Promotion, Monitoring and Control
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21STRUCTURE OF PLAN 21
1. Proposal in agreement with the Plenary Session of the Town Council :• Declaration of agreement• Model of Environmental sustainability for the municipality of Murcia• System of Evaluation, Monitoring and Dissemination
2. Selected Indicators: According to Thematic Areas:
• Water• Waste• Quality of urban
environment• Atmosphere• Biodiversity
• Landscape• Land and
Environmental Risks• Health, society and
environmental risks• Cultural resources
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
• www. MURCIA.es more than 100 personal or group suggestions and 2107 hits.
• Meetings held: More than 150 meetings with various groups, district committees, work teams, advisory councils etc.
• Permanent District Plan 21 Office: 112 requests for information (university, private companies, town halls, participation in conferences and publications).
SOME STATISTICS
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
• Quality of the Atmospheric Environment:
- Noise. No. of sample points that exceed the values established by the bylaw.
• Waste:- Kg of Urban Solid Waste inhabitant/day- Percentage selective collection- t of inert waste collected- Kg of special waste collected
• Water:- Km of sewers in the drainage system.- Percentage of residual water treated- Progress in contaminant load of water in COD - Progress in contaminant load of residual water in
equivalent inhabitants- Litres of drinking water consumed.- No of controlled companies that dump waste into the
drainage system.- Percentage of companies with purification treatments
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
• Energy:- Production of energy using biogas.- Number of homes with solar
installationsPreparing to Apply in order to have an Preparing to Apply in order to have an IEE AgencyIEE Agency
•Land and Natural Risks:- No of hectares and type of
vegetation affected by fire• Biodiversity:
- Surface area of municipal forest parks• Landscape:
- No of licences granted for refurbishment of homes• Cultural Resources:
- No of educational cultural centres/10,000 inhabitants
- No of visitors to municipal museums
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
1. Sustainability is not just the “environment”
2. Strong leadership is THERE the highest level (Town Hall)
3. It is necessary to move on from making speeches to commitment and actions
4. There is a traditional weakness in taking part
CHALLENGESMURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
1. To guarantee the development of the action plans of each municipality, that is to say, the execution of the actions and the projects foreseen in the 54 District Plans
2. To help the establishment of the 54 District Offices, which are the bodies in charge of putting the action plans into practice and guaranteeing a suitable level of citizen participation in the process
3. To evaluate how good the action plans are by means of the Municipal System of Sustainability Indicators
OBJECTIVES OF THE 21 PLANS
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
SUSTAINABLE PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE
-The network of Murcian municipalities commitment towards sustainability. REDMUR 21
- Commitment to Aaborg+10
- Realisation of Murcia’s A21L website
- Printed and digital version of Murcia’s A21L
- Putting the A21L School into action
- Communication plan
- Publication of the sustainability indicators Report.
- Review of the Environmental Action Plan
MURCIA DISTRICT PLAN 21
Objectives of the Local Strategy
Objectives of the Local Strategy
To know the emissions from the MunicipalityTo Reduce the emmissions caused by Municipal activityTo develop and to enlarge green areas as reducing carbon emissionsTo promote the use of more efficinet technologies in the energetic comsuption areaTo ADAPT!To raise awareness
To know the emissions from the MunicipalityTo Reduce the emmissions caused by Municipal activityTo develop and to enlarge green areas as reducing carbon emissionsTo promote the use of more efficinet technologies in the energetic comsuption areaTo ADAPT!To raise awareness
Objetive of the Local Strategy against Climate
Change
Objetive of the Local Strategy against Climate
Change
To reduce in a short term (period 2008 –2012) the 20 %, of the CO2 emmissions produced as a consequence of urban acivity, meaning: CO2 en 0,24 Mt.
To reduce in a short term (period 2008 –2012) the 20 %, of the CO2 emmissions produced as a consequence of urban acivity, meaning: CO2 en 0,24 Mt.
ACTING PLAN ACTING PLAN ACTING PLAN ACTING PLAN •Housing• Industrial and Commercial
Sector•Municipal Activity•Waste Plants•MOBILITY
102 proposed measures
102 proposed measures
Driving: Saving 15%Driving: Saving 15%
CO2CO2
2012
2012
URBAN MOBILITYURBAN MOBILITYURBAN MOBILITYURBAN MOBILITYUrban Mobility PlanTramDevelopment of the BIKE NET and GREEN PATHSBICING Incentivate the use of hibrid & ecological vehicles •Nº of trips made on public transport
•Development of pedestrianised areas m2 /inhabitant
•Development of green areas m2 /inhabitant•Nº of public parking spaces
•Km of cycle paths
•Nº of trips made on public transport•Development of pedestrianised areas m2
/inhabitant•Development of green areas m2 /inhabitant
•Nº of public parking spaces •Km of cycle paths
Promote WALKING!Promote WALKING!
Murcia 10.000 Murcia 10.000 stepssteps
Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Following the path, we will walk 10.000 steps6.5 Km. – 7 Km.Are the optimal distance in order to be fit
Urban Local Path Net, MURCIA
Path & Gardens of our City The path is clearly indicated with urban furnitureClear enough to follow the way!
Urban Local Path Net, MURCIA
Indeed! 8 Municipal Districts will join The design has taken many
issues into considerationTransit areas, peadonal areas,
gardens, dimmesnios of the streesBuildings, squares, and
cultural places, touristcal interestLocal carachter
Urban Local Path Net, MURCIA
USE THE BIKEUSE THE BIKE!!USE THE BIKEUSE THE BIKE!!
ESTRATEGIC PLAN for the USE of BIKES
Object: Necessary actions to promote the use of bikes in our CITY as a common transport, as a fact of Mobility
OBJECTIVES:
Incentivate NEW MODELS of sustainable mobilityDesign a road’s netPromote the use of bikes
as transport-mode Facilitate the use to
citizens Proposals in new Urban
Plans
ESTRATEGIC PLAN for the USE of BIKES
Criteria to be considered during the desing:
Integrate it in urban areaContinuitySecurityAccessibilityItermodalityCONSESUM
STRATEGIC PLAN for the USE of BIKES
RENTING - BICING
Where? Capacity?ManagementServices & complementary
measuresPerformances Indicators
STRATEGIC PLAN for the USE of BIKES
Public RENTING – BICING!
Raising AwarenessRaising AwarenessRaising AwarenessRaising AwarenessSchoolsGreen HomesGreen CommerceWebGreen SuggestionsClimate Change OfficeCampaings
SchoolsGreen HomesGreen CommerceWebGreen SuggestionsClimate Change OfficeCampaings
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