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Smart City Principles
Leader Urban Planning and Design LAB
Director SmartCityStudio.com
Head of the Faculty of Urban Planning in Amsterdam
Lecturer at Delft University of Technology
Rogier van den Berg
UN-HABITAT IN THE
WORLD
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UN-Habitat in the world
Asia & Pacific
Regional Office,
Fukuoka
Latin America & the
Caribbean (LAC)
Regional Office,
Rio de Janeiro
Headquarters,
Nairobi
Liaison
Office,
New York
Liaison
Office,
Geneva
Liaison
Office,
Brussels
In addition to our main
offices, UN-Habitat is present
in at least 50 countries
through a network of Habitat
Program Managers (HPMs),
Chief Technical Advisors
(CTAs) and project staff.
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Rubavu, Rwanda
Al-Alamein, Egypt
Kisumu, Kenya
Wuzhou, China
La Candelaria, Colombia
Nyagatare Rwanda
Ningo-Prampram, Ghana
Santa Marta, Colombia
City-wide Strategy
Planned City Extension
New Town
Planned City Extension
City-wide Strategy
Planned City Infill / Urban Renewal
Planned City Extension
Planned City Extension
Planned City Extension
Selection of projects in development
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20th Century Urban Development Model not sustainable
• Rapid unmanaged and unplanned urban growth
• Slums and Housing Backlog
• Urban infrastructure and services backlog
• Urban Sprawl
• Car Dependency
• High level of zoning
• Homogeneity
• Segregation and exclusion
• Loss of Street Life
• High energy demand and emission of greenhouse gases
• Increasing number of urban disasters
Business as Usual vs Smart Urban Development
Urban Sprawl -> Compactness
Segregation -> Integration
Congestion -> Connectivity
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1. ADEQUATE SPACE FOR STREETS AND PUBLIC
SPACE IN AN EFFICIENT STREET NETWORK
- 30-35% to the street 15-20% public space / 50 % plots.
- At least 18 km of street length.
- At least 80 crossings per km2
2.MIXED LAND USE
- At least 40 percent of floor space allocated to economic use
- Limited land-use specialization; single use blocks should
cover less than 10% of any neighborhood
3.SOCIAL MIX
- 20-50% of residential area should be low cost housing
- Each tenure type should be not more than 50% of the total
4.ADEQUATE DENSITY
At least 15.000 people per km2, that is 150 people/ha
5.CONNECTIVITY
Emphasis on walking distances and public transport
5PRINCIPLES
21st Century Urban Development Model
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The general decline in built-up area densities in 25 representatives cities
Source: Making Room for a Planet of cities
Urban Challenges:
Density Decline
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Daily Trips vs. Population Density
Reduce need to travel through proximity
THREE LEGGED APPROACH
1. Rules and Regulations
2. Urban Design
3. Financial Plan
Form that generates value.
Good rules and regulations and a financial plan that manages value and attracts
investment.
FINANCIAL
PLAN
URBAN DESIGN
THREE LEGGED APPROACH
1. Rules and Regulations
2. Urban Design
3. Financial Plan
Form that generates value.
Good rules and regulations and a financial plan that manages value and attracts
investment.
FINANCIAL
PLAN
URBAN DESIGN
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1. ADEQUATE SPACE FOR STREETS AND PUBLIC
SPACE IN AN EFFICIENT STREET NETWORK
- 30-35% to the street 15-20% public space / 50 % plots.
- At least 18 km of street length.
- At least 80 crossings per km2
2.MIXED LAND USE
- At least 40 percent of floor space allocated to economic use
- Limited land-use specialization; single use blocks should
cover less than 10% of any neighborhood
3.SOCIAL MIX
- 20-50% of residential area should be low cost housing
- Each tenure type should be not more than 50% of the total
4.ADEQUATE DENSITY
At least 15.000 people per km2, that is 150 people/ha
5.CONNECTIVITY
Emphasis on walking distances and public transport
5PRINCIPLES
21st Century Urban Development Model
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Smart City Principles
Leader Urban Planning and Design LAB
Director SmartCityStudio.com
Head of the Faculty of Urban Planning in Amsterdam
Lecturer at Delft University of Technology
Rogier van den Berg
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Smart City Principles
5 Principles for Sustainable Urban Development
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3 Legged Approach
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New Technologies
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URBAN EXPANSION
CURRENTLY OBSERVED EXPANSION
source: Google Maps 2015
Projected population Accra 2025: 4.228.000, UN Habitat 2014, State of African Cities