INTRODUCTION  

TO  URBAN  SERVICES  &  INFRASTRUCTURES

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SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

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• What  means  ‘Prosperity’  nowadays  …?
hard to answer due to large differences between living conditions in the world …

... imperative is that the definition of ‘prosperity’ now,

depends on the needs of future generations

 UN Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) , “State of the World’s Cities Report 2012/2013”
SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

UN-Habitat “City Prosperity Index (2012)”, with five dimensions of prosperity :

• productivity

• infrastructure (development)

• quality of life

• equity and social inclusion

• environmental sustainability
AMS institute / photo CC NASA
SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

Planet Profit
Stocks  /   economical   vitality  /  
Local  Environment 8. noise nuisance sustainable   entrepreneurship   /
1. use of space 9. smell hinder future   value
2. energy 10. external safety 20. local employment
3. materials 11. social safety 21. diversified enterprises
4. water management 12. traffic security 22. sustainable enterprises
5. waste management 13. quality of services 23. multiple use of space & functions
14. attainableness 24. flexibility & robustness
People
15. green in living/working areas
Hinder   /  Security  /  Social-­
16. water in living/working areas
Cohesion   /  Services  /  Quality  
17. quality of buildings & surroundings
6. soil contamination
18. cultural historical values Infrastructure (development)
7. air contamination
19. social cohesion
 UN Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) , “State of the World’s Cities Report 2012/2013”
SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

UN-Habitat “City Prosperity Index (2012)”, with five dimensions of prosperity :

• productivity

• infrastructure (development)

• quality of life

• equity and social inclusion

• environmental sustainability
Sustainable  development  :  Triple  P:  People,  Planet,  Profit    >> Prosperity

main polycentric NWE region with main rail infra and airports (BAR, 2014)
SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

“Sustainable  development  is  development  that  meets  the  needs  of  

the  present  without  compromising   the  ability  of  future  generations  
to  meet  their  own  needs”

>>  ‘leave  to  our  children  the  same  or  a  better  world,  quality  of  life  
and  opportunities  for  development    than  we  have  ourselves…’

WCED, 1987, p.42

SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

A.vanTimmern, Superstock photos 13563/892; Wilnis, ANP; Buenos Aires, W.Bustamente

Mitigation Adaptation

tackling  cause(s) handling  impact(s)

SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

Mitigation Potential per sector (IPCC, 2007)

Non-OESO/EIT
EIT
OESE
World total

Energy supply Transport Buildings Industry Agriculture Forestry Waste

 Sustainable  development  :  Triple  P:  People,  Planet,  Profit    >>
Prosperity

left: Mitigation Potential per sector (IPCC, 2007); right: linear/circular metabolism of cities (rogers, 1997)
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Infrastrucutre renewal in Haarlem, The Netherlands, photo by Arjan van Timmeren

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Planning  Paradigm:
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INFRASTRUCTURE
DRIVES  
(URBAN)  PLANNING
 Development Alternatives Center, CEPAUR (Chile) with Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (Sweden)
SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT:    PEOPLE,  PLANET,  PROFIT      >>      PROSPERITY

• The  need  for  Infrastructure  is  related  to  the  ‘Suprastructure’  …

= the  different  standards  of  societal  needs  and  goals,  which  form  the  basis  
of  all  physical  networks  or  logistical   chains,  including  buildings   and  
infrastructures (e.g. ‘welfare’, ‘sustainable society’ , et cetera)

What is the relation between infrastructures, buildings and systems

(urban services), with the societal goals that are aimed at ?
SUPRASTRUCTURE  :  SOCIETAL  GOALS  (E.G.  SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT)

• Fundamental  needs  to  sustain  these  societal  goals  :

Development Alternatives Center (CEPAUR) & Dag Hammarskjold Foundation

• support • relaxation

• protection • creation / expression

• affection • identity

• understanding • freedom

• participation

Cities  as  physical  expression  of  social  structures

SUPRASTRUCTURE  :  SOCIETAL  GOALS  

Emscher Park; photo Emscher Park Erzbahn; Findhorn, Scotland (Living Technologies, 2005)
• Activities  to  sustain  these  Fundamental  Needs  (urban  services)  :
• transportation of (material) flows,

• supply of water, energy, food… ,

• removal & processing of waste,

• supply and transfer of information

• housing people / companies

• cultivating natural products

• protection against noise, water, heat/cold, pollution… etc.

SUPRASTRUCTURE  :  SOCIETAL  GOALS  

• Materialization  of  these  urban  services  :

background photo: Dubai The Strip, Daniel Cheong, ; DESAR section, RIONED
• transportation infrastructure (road, railways, bridges, tunnels, …)

• public utilities (sewerage, electricity infra, ICT, …)

• overground water infrastructure

• communication and information management

• urban ordening and planning

• land development and planning

• environmental facilities and natural areas etc.