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METABOLIC CITIES PROGRAM
Helping cities to become inclusive,regenerative, and circular
& PRODUCE 60-80% OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
CITIES OCCUPY 3% OF GLOBAL LAND SURFACE
BUT CONSUME 75% OF GLOBAL RESOURCES
Given their immense ecological footprint and impact on human wellbeing, it is critical that cities make the transition to become sustainable and circular. Yet accessing the right resources and crafting the right policy isn’t easy. The Metabolic Cities Program is here to help.
Source: Goal 11, Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG): http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cities/
CIRCULAR CITIES
METABOLIC CITIES PROGRAM
Cities are our future. By 2050, 70% of the human population will live in cities. To meet the challenges of today and prepare themselves for tomorrow, cities must rapidly embed sustainable approaches into their development and make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. With necessity also comes opportunity; cities can take a leading role in the transition to a sustainable system and help propagate effective strategies, policies, and infrastructure solutions.
Future cities must engineer an economy that is regenerative and waste-free by design. A circular approach to urban development unlocks integrated opportunities for resource savings, job creation, capacity building, civic engagement, healthy and inclusive environments, and resilience to external shocks.
Discounts to Metabolics consultancy services
Discounts to Metabolics Masterclasses-10%
Access to a growing network of other cities and knowledge institutes, simplifying collaboration on EU projects, international research, and joint tendering.
B. MEMBERSHIP FOR METABOLIC CITIES PROGRAM:
A. ACCESS TORESEARCH TRAJECTORIES:
This gives participants access to:
• Tools to facilitate city-specific implementation strategies.
• Frameworks on how to monitor progress.
• Building capacity and knowledge to conduct the analyses at hand.
• Sharing best practices with like-minded practitioners.
• A membership to the Metabolic Cities program and its benefits.
BECOMING A MEMBER
SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAJECTORY
FUTURE RESEARCH TRAJECTORIES
HOW TO JOIN
The Metabolic Cities Program guides cities to make data-driven decisions, steers and accelerates their progress to becoming sustainable leaders, and connects them to a change-driven network of other pioneers.
Metabolic has supported dozens of cities and regions in their transition to a sustainable and circular future. With the Metabolic Cities Program, we are creating a knowledge community where cities can access joint research trajectories, discounted services, a network of peers and partners, and a growing library of data, tools, and best practices.
Joining the Program provides access to exclusive consulting, learning, and collaboration opportunities Becoming a member of the cities programme allows cities to participate in our yearly metabolic cities working group.
The Metabolic Cities Program will host one or more new joint research trajectories each year. These trajectories seek to answer critical challenges and provide a toolkit for developing smart policy and infrastructure.
Our first research trajectory will focus on spatial intelligence, in which cities learn how to apply policy goals spatially, understand the opportunities and barriers present in different neighborhoods, define KPIs to track progress, and pinpoint where, and how to jump-start implementation.
Participants in a research trajectory automatically receive membership in Metabolic Cities Program. The first Spatial Intelligence trajectory is limited to 15 European cities that:
• Can demonstrate a commitment to already working towards the circular economy through existing climate targets or policy objectives.
• Are based in North West Europe (Benelux, Nordics, Germany and UK).
• Can commit to 2 program meetings per year, 1 additional stakeholder meeting and 1 annual conference.
We will work with members to determine additional research trajectories in subsequent years that help put circularity into practice. Initial trajectories identified include:
• The Adaptive City: developing innovative flexible planning instruments for resilient and adaptive cities.
• The Natural City: developing a toolkit and impact assessment method to optimally integrate nature based solutions within the urban fabric.
• The Digital City: developing urban dashboards for managing the urban metabolism, and planning complex infrastructures and area developments.
• Mining the City: developing a software toolkit for optimizing closed loops in redevelopment and renovation.
Sign-ups for the first Spatial Intelligence trajectory now open until the end of May.Email [email protected] or call +31 (0) 203690977
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
In total membership for the Metabolic cities prorgram costs 35 K, for this cities receive:
Annual Research Trajectories: Participating in a research trajectory provides cities with tools to facilitate implementation strategies, frameworks to monitor progress and knowledge of how to conduct the analyses specific to the program. This also includes a membership to the Metabolic Cities Program
Membership only: Becoming a member of the Metabolic Cities program inlcudes access to discounted consultancy services, masterclasses and networking opportunities.
35K
5K
WHY ‘SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE’?
The year-long research trajectory helps cities implement city-wide sustainability goals at a neighbourhood level through data modeling tools and our advanced spatial planning approach. Through the program, cities learn how to apply their policy goals spatially, define KPIs to track progress, and engage with local stakeholders to jump-start implementation. Cities share lessons learned and can build partnerships around similar challenges and interventions.
• Cities are complex living systems - policy must be applied locally Policy goals meant to increase sustainability are normally set at the city level. Yet in reality, neighborhoods are vastly different from one another and hold different opportunities and needs. This means that neighborhoods within a circular city need to serve different purposes depending on the characteristics of the area, and all neighborhoods need to function together as one whole organism.
• Spatial analysis can be resource intensive - tools and collaborations reduce barriers Some cities have begun applying key sustainability policy initiatives on a spatial level using maps and collected data. But this is challenging work; it’s a custom process that is both time- and data-intensive. And because neighborhoods and policy goals are always changing, it’s a challenge to maintain an up-to-date and accurate understanding of the spatial requirements to certain policy goals around sustainability.
SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAJECTORY: OVERVIEW
Renewable energy generation and energy efficiency retrofits are effective methods to reach targets of energy and CO2 neutrality. But most city centers are too dense to achieve energy neutrality, and areas with protected monuments are difficult to retrofit cost-effectively. Spatial analysis can identify where renewable energy can be best situated and in which areas retrofits can have the largest return on investment.
When new building and demolition projects are undertaken in the city, spatial analysis can help match outgoing waste streams with opportunities for reuse with new construction or renovation projects.
Normally, the most optimal way to cycle water and nutrients is on a neighborhood scale, whereas plastics and metal recycling is more appropriate on a larger scale. Spatial analysis can help identify where to place infrastructure and logistics pathways for optimal material recovery.
As the manufacturing sector has receded, craftsmen have struggled with employment but live in particular areas of the city where industry formerly had a presence. Spatial analysis can help identify where it would be sensible to create remanufacturing hubs and tailored employment programs.
SCENARIOS IN THE SPOTLIGHTTOOLS AND TAKE-AWAYS
Tools for implementation that simplify the process of conducting additional spatial analyses and tracking KPIs.
POLICYMAPPING
SETTINGSPATIAL
INDICATORS
TARGETEDSPATIAL
ANALYSIS
SUITABILITYANALYSIS & CIRCULAR
INTERVENTIONS
EVALUATION &HARVESTING
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Smartly defined goals for circularity on both neighborhood and city level.
A monitoring framework to evaluate the speed at which the transition to circularity, at both a city and neighborhood level.
Typology of their neighborhoods and a suitability analysis for sustainability/circularity goals, with neighborhood-level heatmaps.
A policy toolkit with practical instruments that can be used for selecting interventions or conducting urban planning. These will include guidelines for an urban plan, circular tendering, methods for designing circular infrastructure, and integrating cleantech.
Collective datasets that include shared data and modeling library across participating cities who opt in. These form the basis for future spatial analysis and policies, and a foundation for the development of geospatial tools.
Over the course of the one-year spatial research trajectory, Metabolic takes the participating cities through a 5-phase journey:
At the start of the program, Metabolic will assessthe spatial relevance of specific policy objectivesfor each individual city, collect data from cities, and bring participants together to kick off the program.
PHASE 1: PREPARATION
PHASE 2: POLICY GOALS ANDTHEIR SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS
PHASE 3: SPATIAL ANALYSIS
PHASE 4: SUITABILITY ANALYSIS& CIRCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Site visit individual city
PHASE 5: EVALUATION & HARVESTING
Group workshopGroup kick-offParticipating cities come together for an introductory workshop and walk through the process of spatial analysis as it relates to policy goals.
Cities will end the program in a group workshop, sharing lessons learned from their own case and
learning about the spatial lessons from other cities.
At the end of the current state assessment, we present the intermediate findings to the cities in one-on-one meetings. In those sit-downs, we help cities improve their data management and analysis capacity and compare their own case with other cities.
Individual kick-off Metabolic will visit each city to meet participating representatives and get a deeper understanding of city-specific policy goals and priorities.
After deciding what policy objectives to focus on, Metabolic and each city will collaboratively determine the spatial requirements of the specific policy goals. This is a
crucial step in determining the focus of the spatial analysis and obtaining a deeper understanding how spatial
intelligence can help shape the sustainable city. This phase will also lead to a set of key performance indicators.
To translate neighborhood typologies into recommended policy instruments, we will
conduct a hotspot analysis to identify neighborhoods that are challenging or have
a high chance of success.
Using data provided by cities, Metabolic will conduct a targeted spatial analysis of the city’s current state. We
look at four key layers of the city:
1) A spatial Material Flow Analysis (inc. energy, nutrients, water, and waste flows)
2) Infrastructure and the built environment inc. (housing density and ecological structures)
3) Economic activity (inc. economic clusters, company types and jobs).
4) Socio- cultural activity (inc. health, wellbeing, social organizations, and air quality).
Wrapping up, we will look back at lessons learned and look forward to potential strategies for
implementation. At the end of the program, cities will take away a comprehensive dataset and a booklet with their neighborhood typologies, a
hotspot analysis, and a list of interventions.
Based on the spatial analysis we develop acomprehensive set of neighborhood typologies.
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SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAJECTORY: TIMELINE
Cities will end the program with a clear picture of the spatial implications of the city’s goals and identify areas of the city with high potential for intervention, and have tools to take action.
PREPARATION1 CONNECTING POLICY GOALSTO SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS2 3 4 5SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUITABILITY ANALYSIS &
CIRCULAR INTERVENTIONSEVALUATION &HARVESTING
Metabolic provides cities with actionable sustainability strategies that use data-driven analysis, build on local strengths, and activate local changemakers to make the shift towards a circular economy.
Metabolic is a consulting and venture building company that uses systems thinking to tackle global sustainability challenges. Our overarching mission is to transition the global economy to a fundamentally sustainable - and circular - state.
We provide strategies and tools, crunch data, create new technologies, build pilots and scale up innovations. Headquartered in Amsterdam, we have an international and interdisciplinary team. We empower people through education and communication and our Foundation helps us reach underserved communities. Our approach develops in response to emerging challenges and is recognized by governments, businesses and non-profits around the world.
Next to providing wide-ranging consultancy services, we develop new technologies and build new ventures. This gives us the ability to understand where the real problems are, transform ideas into piloted solutions, and scale up what works. The practical expertise we gain through this process is translated back into our advisory work; in many cases we have first-hand experience in the practicalities and challenges around creating meaningful change.
The circular economyis a core component of our cities program. It can address the challenges faced by cities by offering a model that combines thriving economic development with ambitious sustainability goals. A circular economy is one that is “regenerative and waste-free by design”; materials are cycled at high quality, all energy is derived from renewable or otherwise sustainable sources, and human and natural capital (people and ecosystems) are structurally supported. That’s the end goal. And we are here to help cities get there.
METABOLIC CIRCULAR CITY SERVICES
ABOUT METABOLIC
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIALOF THE URBAN MINE
We help municipalities, waste utilities, and construction companies understand the
potential of recovering valuable materials from the local environment. By assessing
the materials required for construction projects and those that would become
available from demolitions, we can identify circular opportunities across the
construction cycle.
Normally €20,000 per case
CIRCULARITY ANDSUSTAINABILITY MASTERPLANS
We help area developers relate circularity goals to the distinct
characteristics of the neighbourhoods they are developing. Using a set of
indicators, we map the performance and characteristics of each area, define goals and priorities for its development, and evaluate how these can contribute to broader city or area circularity goals.
Custom price
CIRCULAR TENDERINGAND PROCUREMENT
We help organizations integrate circularity into tendering processes
for new housing and commercial developments. We offer a set of
circular material and supplier selection strategies, including impact evaluation,
development of key performance indicators, and supplier scoring
mechanisms for clear comparisons.
Normally €20,000 per case
URBAN METABOLISMANALYSIS
Our approach provides insights into the root causes of key impacts in the city and illuminates the leverage points for change.
Activities include mapping of material, energy, and water flows throughout the
city system, assessing key impact areas, proposing interventions, and developing a
roadmap for guided progress.
Normally €50,000 per case
As a former shipyard in Amsterdam, now serving as a global example for circular urban development, De Ceuvel serves as a catalyst for change. Home to more than 30 companies, with over 80,000 visitors annually, De Ceuvel is a living example of decentralized technologies and full recycling of local resources. Metabolic worked with architects, utility providers and the municipality to make De Ceuvel an internationally acclaimed success.
Rotterdam has ambitious objectives to help lead the transition to a circular economy. By 2030, the city wants primary resource use to be halved, compared to current levels, as it sets its sights on ultimately becoming zero waste. It also wants to create 7,000 jobs that contribute directly to the circular economy. It has commissioned Metabolic – along with our partners at Circle Economy, Spring Associates, and Blue City – to identify how to get there.
We completed a spatial and temporal analysis of construction flows within the City of Amersfoort. By assessing the materials required for construction projects and the materials that would become available from demolitions, we identified opportunities for the circular handling of these materials across the construction chain.
We worked with the city of Amsterdam and its major utilities to craft a vision and roadmap for its newest ecological neighborhood, set to
become a global example of circular urban development. In 2015, the Circular Buiksloterham Manifesto was signed by more than 25
committed stakeholders, anchoring public support for follow-up studies and pilot projects.
As a municipality, how do you take circularity into account when tendering a plot of land? For the City of Amsterdam, we developed systemic indicators for circular housing development that did just
that. This provides the city with a means to objectively measure the circular performance of development plans aiming to obtain the right
to build and develop throughout the city
DE CEUVEL
CIRCULAR CITIES
URBAN MINING
CIRCULAR BUIKSLOTERHAM
CIRCULAR TENDERING
In the past five years, Metabolic has worked on more than 250 projects, including with cities across Europe, the USA, and South America. Much of our work has grown out of a close collaboration with our home city of Amsterdam.
Highlights from our work on cities:
OUR WORK
