The keynote presentation of Professor Zeet Zoeteman "Breeding urban Sustainability" at Millennium Talks: Smart & Clean - from New Energy to Business.

1. Breeding Urban Sustainability
Lessons from quantitative benchmarking of 114 European cities
with nearly 100 indicators
Projectleader
Prof. Kees Zoeteman
Telos, Tilburg University,
zoeteman@uvt.nl
www.telos.nl
Millennium Talks: Smart & Clean
From New Energy to Business
23 May 2016,
Espoo, Finland
Espoo, 23-May-16

2. Espoo, 23-May-16
1.What is unique about the Telos
monitor?
2.What are general lessons from the
monitor?
3.What are the biggest strengths of the
Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa region and
where can it further improve?
Urban sustainability monitoring: the Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa challenge

3. What is unique about the Telos monitor?
Ø- Ecological, social and economic aspects are included;
Ø- All indicator values are assessed using a uniform sustainability framework
expressing scores as % of sustainability goal achievement (distance to target);
Ø- First study based on such a wide variety and large number of indicators
(~100);
Ø- First study benchmarking so many EU cities (114), with a wide variety of sizes
(50.000 till >2 million inhabitants) and typologies, spread all over Europe;
Ø- The database allows for studying cross-sectoral relationships.
Espoo, 23-May-16

4. Espoo, 23-May-16

5. What are general lessons from the monitor?
Espoo, 23-May-16

6. City Total score
Ecological
score
Socio-cultural
score
Economic
score
Espoo 65.0 63.5 66.5 65.0
Copenhagen 63.9 62.8 62.7 66.0
Stockholm 63.8 60.8 67.0 63.7
Munich 63.6 61.6 67.7 61.5
Helsinki 63.2 58.7 64.7 66.0
Luxembourg 62.9 54.5 70.3 64.1
Linköping 62.9 65.6 63.8 59.3
Umeå 61.9 70.6 61.9 53.1
Tampere 61.8 66.9 65.2 53.4
Nuremberg 61.6 61.5 64.1 59.3
Innsbruck 60.9 58.6 62.3 61.6
Hamburg 59.3 60.6 57.0 60.3
Oulu 58.9 64.4 61.7 50.6
Frankfurt 58.5 59.8 57.2 58.6
Vienna 58.4 58.6 56.0 60.5
Freiburg 58.3 62.3 58.6 54.1
Amsterdam 58.1 58.0 55.4 61.0
Nijmegen 57.6 57.5 57.5 57.8
Malmö 57.3 61.0 56.7 54.2
Munster 57.1 61.7 57.4 52.2Espoo, 23-May-16

7. City Size and Sustainability score
Espoo, 23-May-16
40
45
50
55
60
Small City (<100,000) Medium City (100,000-
250,000)
Large City (250,000-
500,000)
Xlarge City (500,000-
1,000,000)
XXLarge City (1,000,000-
2,000,000)
Global City (>2,000,000)
Scorein%
Total Sustainability
Ecological Capital
Economic Capital
Social Capital

8. Labor productivity and sustainability score
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Very Low Low Medium High Very High
Scorein%
Total Sustainability
Ecological Capital
Economic Capital
Social Capital
Espoo, 23-May-16

9. •What are the strengths of Espoo and
the Helsinki region and
where can it further improve?
Espoo, 23-May-16

10. Helsinki & Espoo compared to Stockholm
Espoo, 23-May-16
0
20
40
60
80
100
Air
Drinking water and sanitation
Energy and Climate
Nature and Landscape
Nuisance & Emergencies
Resources and waste
Soil & groundwater
Surface water
Economic structure
Infrastructure & accesability
Knowledge
Labor
Arts and culture
Economic Paricipation
Education
Health
Political participation
Residential environment
Safety
Sociaal participation
Espoo & Helsinki
Stockholm

11. Helsinki & Espoo compared to Copenhagen
Espoo, 23-May-16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Air
Drinking water and sanitation
Energy and Climate
Nature and Landscape
Nuisance & Emergencies
Resources and waste
Soil & groundwater
Surface water
Economic structure
Infrastructure & accesability
Knowledge
Labor
Arts and culture
Economic Paricipation
Education
Health
Political participation
Residential environment
Safety
Sociaal participation
Espoo & Helsinki
Copenhagen

12. Helsinki & Espoo compared with the Baltic Capitals
Espoo, 23-May-16
0
20
40
60
80
100
Air
Drinking water and sanitation
Energy and Climate
Nature and Landscape
Nuisance & Emergencies
Resources and waste
Soil & groundwater
Surface water
Economic structure
Infrastructure & accesability
Knowledge
Labor
Arts and culture
Economic Paricipation
Education
Health
Political participation
Residential environment
Safety
Sociaal participation
Espoo & Helsinki
Baltics

13. Stock scores Espoo & Helsinki vs Scandinavian average
Espoo, 23-May-16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Air
Drinking water and
sanitation
Energy and Climate
Nature and Landscape
Nuisance &
Emergencies
Resources and waste
Soil & groundwater
Surface water
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Economic structure
Infrastructure &
accesability
Knowledge
Labor
Espoo Scandinavia Helsinki
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Arts and culture
Economic
Paricipation
Education
Health
Political
participation
Residential
environment
Safety
Sociaal
participation
Ecological capital Economic capital Socio-cultural capital

14. Conclusions
1. Highest sustainability scores in Espoo, Stockholm & Munich
2. Sustainability scores of EU cities vary widely (North-South)
3. Population size, demographic dynamics, geographical region,
typology (e.g. agricultural, industrial) and competitiveness (e.g.
labor productivity) were found to be important determinants of
urban sustainability performance.
4. Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa is a top sustainability region in the
world (others are Copenhagen, Stockholm, Munich)
5. Recycle economy, energy transition, air quality and
arts&culture
6. It has to pioneer further advancements
7. This requires a more detailed analysis of interactions within the
region to detect developmental chances
See interactive website www.sustainablecitiesbenchmark.eu
Espoo, 23-May-16

15. www.sustainablecitiesbenchmark.eu
A Air
B Drinking Water and Sanitation
C Energy and Climate
D Nature and Landscape
E Annoyance and Emergencies
F Resources and Waste
G Soil and Groundwater
H Surface Water
A Competitiveness
B Infrastructure and Accessibility
C Knowledge
D Labor
A Arts and Culture
B Economic Participation
C Education
D Health
E Political Participation
F Residential Environment
G Safety
H Social Participation
Ecological
SocialEconomical
Espoo, 23-May-16