In October 2011, WRI launched a five-year global initiative to advance the progress of building environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. We intend to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization, by partnering with four urban centers to increase energy efficiency, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and improve water quality, urban mobility and land use.
5. Toronto: Whitby
H Sprawling
distant
suburb
13.0 tCO2e per capita
VandeWeghe, Jared R and
Christopher Kennedy , Journal of
Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
6. Toronto: Etobicoke
Single-
family
homes
near
downtown
6.6 tCO2e per capita
VandeWeghe, Jared R and
Christopher Kennedy , Journal of
Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
7. Toronto: East York
H Dense
inner-city
neighbor-
hood
1.3 tCO2e per capita
VandeWeghe, Jared R and
Christopher Kennedy , Journal of
Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
9. Compact cities tend to be safer
Annual road fatalities in
the US per 100 thousand
people
Annual road fatalities per 100,000 people
12
Sprawl Index 11.0 11.0
Smart Growth America 10.3
10
Compact
Medium 7.6
8 7.5
Sprawled
5.9 6.2
6 5.7 5.7
4.1 4.2 4.3
4 3.5
2
0
Washington, D.C
Detroit, MI
US average
Boston, MA
Milwaukee, WI
Baltimore, MD
Atlanta, GA
Seattle, WA
Chicago, IL
Philadelphia, PA
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Francisco, CA
San
.
11. Energy Transport Water
Blueprinting Demonstration projects Scaling up success
12. Aguascalientes
New Land Use Paradigm
Influence
Estimated impacts
Partnered with INFONAVIT
Traffic speeds down 34% to
establish new national model
Biking up 50%
Land use is the
Walking up 40%
Redesigned 40,000-person most important
neighborhood plan –
Transit use up 60% factor affecting
safer, more livable, eco-
Green space up 30% every aspect of
friendly urban mobility
and energy use.
13. TRANSOESTE (BRAZIL)
Rio’s 1st BRT
Our Role
Value assurance
Operation simulation
Road safety audits
Project framing
Marketing advice
The Impact
1.2M daily passengers
on entire 4-line system
High quality, safe
Model for Brazil
15. PROTRAM
Transformed Transport Financing
Helped establish PROTRAM
Financing criteria
Streamlined process
Guided cities
42 city projects evaluated
7 financed
4 entered construction
1 completed – so far
16. KPIs
Cumulative Results
– 2.1 billion passengers served
– $1.8+ billion leveraged
– 626 million hours saved (39% per trip)
– 1.2 million tons of CO2 reduced
– Research underway:
• Fatalities avoided
• PM reduced
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Predominant form of human settlementEnormous urbanization – now is the timeHumanity’s greatest opportunity to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty while protecting the environmentEver Increasing Transportation Costs regarding investment that goes into maintaining roads and transport corridorsNon Motorized Mobility given a priority in the city's mobility plans.Absence of Integration of Urban Development Planning into the day-to-day running/management of the cityLack of Housing for the Urban PoorNeed for Creating Compact Cities that consume less energy, resources and capitalForm Based building codes or number based building codes, which is better?Need for Transit Oriented Urban DevelopmentNeed for Administrative and Governance ReformDevelopment Plan of Cities does not reflect the necessities/needs of the cities rather its wantsLack of Integration of Heritage (Built, Natural and Cultural) as an inline function of urban developmentLack of Integration of Urban Design, Urban Planning, Urban Management and Urban Policy into an integrated urban framework
Predominant form of human settlementEnormous urbanization – now is the timeHumanity’s greatest opportunity to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty while protecting the environmentEver Increasing Transportation Costs regarding investment that goes into maintaining roads and transport corridorsNon Motorized Mobility given a priority in the city's mobility plans.Absence of Integration of Urban Development Planning into the day-to-day running/management of the cityLack of Housing for the Urban PoorNeed for Creating Compact Cities that consume less energy, resources and capitalForm Based building codes or number based building codes, which is better?Need for Transit Oriented Urban DevelopmentNeed for Administrative and Governance ReformDevelopment Plan of Cities does not reflect the necessities/needs of the cities rather its wantsLack of Integration of Heritage (Built, Natural and Cultural) as an inline function of urban developmentLack of Integration of Urban Design, Urban Planning, Urban Management and Urban Policy into an integrated urban framework
CitiesCATMulti-million dollar (or just the dollar sign $$$)Cross-programmaticChina, India, brazilBlueprintsDemonstration projectsScale up
3 phases (creating blueprints, catalyzing demonstration projects and scale-uping successes ) 3 focus areas (energy, transport and water)