Eco-Cities and Integrated Planning

Green Cities: Towards a Sustainable Urban Future

Sonia Chand Sandhu
Senior Environmental Specialist SEUW

Ramola Singru
Urban Development Consultant RSID

GREEN CITIES - A paradigm shift

Urban Renewal linked to LED Economic development & Innovative finance mechanisms

Demand driven change

Education and skills development

GREEN CITIES for IMT-GT Region

Malaysia : Green Commitment on Carbon reduction
Melaka Blueprint 2020 : Green Technology City State City of Melaka: Towards a low carbon green City 2020

Thailand : 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan for a Peaceful society under equitability, justice, and resilience towards changes
Songkhla Province Green Initiative Plan. Songkhla Municipality Green Projects

ADB Urban Operational Plan 2012

Integrated Urban Sustainability Assessments (IUSAs)

3E Approach - Environment, Economy, Equity

Adoption of Green Technologies and Options

Steinberg, F and Lindfield, M (2012), Green Cities, ADB

Green Cities Toolkit

PHASE 1: SETTING THE URBAN CONTEXT - CITY PROFILING

PHASE 2: PRIORITIZATION AND OPTIONS

PHASE 3: PROJECTS / PROGRAMS

Strategic Investments
Integrated Sustainable Urban Development

Sustainable Transport

Energy Efficiency

What are Intelligent Systems?

INTEGRATED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GREEN POLICIES CLEAN AND SMART TECHNOLOGIES GREEN FINANCING INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND CAPACITY

Green Finance Institutional Structure

Smart Technology

Green Policies
Integrated Planning and Implementation

Green Cities Indicators

Green City Index Sector wise indicators
Urban Planning and management Built Infrastructure Water Sanitation, Storm water Solid Waste Management Transport Energy Disaster Risk Management DMF indicators in each sector

Green Cities Score Card

Monitoring quality of life indicators Performance based reporting

Asian Green City Index

Energy and CO2 Land use and buildings Transport

Waste
disposed

Water

Sanitation

CITY
AVERAGE INDEX

Total popn Administrative GDP per person CO2 Energy Popn density Green spaces Superior public % of waste collected Waste 2 2 emissions consumption (persons/km ) per person transport network and adequately generated (in million) area (km ) (in US$)
(tons/person) per US$ GDP (m2/person) (km/km2)

Water Water Population Share of consumption system with access to wastewater (kg/person/year) (liters/person/day) leakages (%) sanitation (%) treated (%)

4.6

6.0

8228.8

38.6

0.17

82.8

325.2

277.6

22.2

70.1

59.9

BANGKOK BEIJING BENGALURU DELHI GUANGZHOU HANOI HONG KONG JAKARTA KARACHI KOLKATA KUALA LUMPUR MANILA MUMBAI NANJING OSAKA SEOUL SHANGHAI SINGAPORE TAIPEI TOKYO WUHAN

5.7 17.6 7.1 17.4 7.9 6.5 7.0 9.2 14.5 15.6 1.7 11.6 12.7 7.7 2.7 10.5 19.2 5 2.7 13.0 8.4

1,568.7 16,410.5 709.5 1,483.0 3,843.4 3,344.6 1,104.4 664.0 3,527.0 1,851.0 243.0 636.0 468.0 6,582.3 222.3 605.3 6,340.5 710.3 271.8 2,187.7 8,494.4

9095.4 10,136.7 2,066.3 2,004.1 16,834.1 1,739.60 29,990.5 7,636.4 5,379.3 1,414.1 12,365.0 5365.3 2,184.3 7,284.9 70,927.4 19,597.1 11,463.7 36,519.6 48,400.0 70,759.6 8,093.9

6.7 8.2 0.5 1.1 9.2 1.9 5.4 1.2 3.1 1.5 7.2 1.6 1.0 5.7 7.6 3.7 9.7 7.4 4.2 4.8 5.1

6.1 12.3 4.6 7.7 11.7 9.5 1.5 2.4 7.8 4.0 5.0 4.0 6.5 10.50 1.6 3.2 14.8 2.9 1.4 1.2 10.0

3,607.4 1,069.4 10,034.0 11,733.0 2,067.5 1935.1 6,363.3 13,889.9 4,111.1 8,451.6 6811.1 18165.1 27,136.8 1,171.8 11,981.2 17,288.8 3,030.2 7,025.2 9,789.9 5,946.9 983.6

3.3 88.4 41.0 18.8 166.3 11.2 105.3 2.3 17.0 1.8 43.9 4.5 6.6 108.4 4.5 23.4 18.1 66.2 49.6 10.6 20.9

0.04 0.02 0.00 0.08 0.07 0.00 0.24 0.19 0.00 0.05 0.27 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.62 0.94 0.07 0.21 0.55 0.14 0.00

62.9 95.4 80.0 93.6 88.2 95.0 100.0 35.0 82.7 80.0 57.5 76.9 32.4 85.8 100.0 100.0 82.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 74.0

534.8 394.7 266.5 146.8 415.1 282.0 434.3 291.5 229.0 282.0 815.7 247.6 209.0 218.3 573.4 995.6 369.5 306.6 304.0 375.1 262.9

340.2 218.1 73.0 208.7 527.2 53.1 371.2 77.6 164.5 137.8 497.2 154.8 250.0 341.4 417.9 311.0 411.1 308.5 342.0 320.2 281.0

35.0 12.5 39.0 40.0 14.8 45.0 21.0 50.2 25.0 35.0 37.0 35.9 13.6 11.6 6.9 7.0 10.2 4.6 22.0 3.1 14.2

51.0 70.4 53.0 54.0 79.0 40.0 93.0 67.0 57.0 52.0 70.0 12.0 42.0 64.7 100.0 100.0 72.5 100.0 99.0 99.4 66.5

12.2 80.3 42.4 55.0 74.1 10.0 98.0 1.0 22.0 20.0 0.0 21.0 67.6 86.0 100.0 82.0 78.4 100.0 77.4 100.0 90.4

Source: Asian Green City Index: Assessing the environmental performance of Asia's major cities (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2011)

CHALLENGE

Resource utilization Environmental management

Quality of life

Urban planning

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

RESILIENT URBAN SERVICES

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

Sustainable Green City

Integrated Urban Management

SNAPSHOT: GREEN CITY ACTION PLAN

URBAN DENSIFICATION AND MIXED USES, GREEN INDUSTRIES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDINGS, UTILITIES, APPLIANCES

PUBLIC SPACES CITY GREENING, AIR QUALITY RESILIENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE- WATSAN, WASTE URBAN FORM WALKABILITY, LIGHTING & SAFETY PUBLIC & NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT

CITY FOR ALL - QUALITY OF LIFE

Image Source: CTS Mexico

Green City System

Green Cities Initiative Potential Projects

CORPORATE NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL
Green Growth Strategy and Policy Clean Energy incentives Energy Efficiency Codes and Certification Resource Management

CITY

Resilient Urban Infrastructure Urban Renewal Heritage Conservation Energy efficient Buildings Sustainable Transport Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Waste to Energy

Green Technology Integrated Land development Green Industries Energy Efficient construction PPPs in Transport, Land development, Utilities

Energy Efficient homes and appliances Passive cooling Mixed Use Developments Greenways Neighbourhood Greening Community Based Initiatives Rainwater Harvesting

Achieving Sustainable Green Cities

INVESTMENTS
INTEGRATED URBAN PLANNING RESILIENT URBAN SERVICES TOURISM

SHORT TERM
Green City Action Plan

LONG TERM
Sustainable Green Cities

Non-revenue water, Green Building Certification Urban Renewal Heritage Conservation Vocational Training Skills Development Green Industry Energy Efficiency

Improved quality of life

Regional Tourism circuits Enhanced institutional capacity Green Jobs

SOCIAL CAPITAL
GREEN GROWTH &

NATURAL CAPITAL

Implementation Framework Urban Management Partnership

Finance Facility for Urban Infrastructure

Learning Partnerships

National and State Government

ADB + Global Funds

Cities Private Sector States and National Governments

ADB +

Global Institutions

Green Financing for Cities

National Government
Viability Gap for PPPs Tax Incentives Enabling Laws & Regulations FX Cover

Debt / Equity

ADB + Global Funds

Longer Tenor Funding Project Financing Refinanced with Private Sector

Credit enhancement

Green Urban Infrastructure Partnership Financing Facility

Attractive Financing for Cities Green Infrastructure Projects

Co-Financing from Private Investors:

Local private sector banks Pension funds Insurance funds Islamic investors

Partial Loss Guarantee Political Risk Guarantee

Social impact investors NGOs Corporations (CSR)

Specialist Green Investors / Donors

Sustainable Transport Example

Variation of Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP)

Smart Technologies for Energy Efficiency

Towards carbon neutral cities: Future applications of glass facades as solar panels

Wuxi Suntech PV R&D Center

Solar Panels at Tianjin Eco-City

Ubiquitous city - New Songdo, Incheon, South Korea

Can we retrofit Asias cities into a sustainable green future?

We look forward to working with you! Starting now . . .