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1. Urban Ecosystem Europe
Lorenzo Bono

2. Urban Ecosystem Europe
The Urban Ecosystem Europe is a core set of
advanced sustainability indicators which provides
an integrated assessment of European cities’ urban
environment, according to the EU Urban Thematic
Strategy and the Aalborg Commitments.

3. Urban Ecosystem Europe
• Cities participating receive a benchmarking report and a
city’s profile showing their strengths and weaknesses.
Solar thermal and PV plants on public buildings (kW)
10.000
Hannover median
big medium small
9.000 N O2
8.000
S e pa ra t e d c o lle c t . P M 10
7.000
6.000
5.000
Wa s t e S o la r po we r
4.000
3.000
2.000
P ublic t ra ns po rt Wa t e r c o ns .
1.000
0
Helsinki
Hannover
Barcelona
Paris
Lefkosia
Wien
Lyon
Dresden
Heidelberg
Napoli
Roma
Praha
Zaragoza
Munchen
Madrid
Goteborg
C yc ling P a rk s a nd ga rde ns

4. Urban Ecosystem Europe
• Comparing with other cities across Europe can be a
useful reference point to do a baseline review of the local
situation and to set new local targets.
• A minimum size of 50-100 thousands inhabitants is
recommended

5. The main themes
• Local action for health
• Natural common goods
• Responsible consumption and lifestyle
• Planning better mobility, less traffic
• Energy and Climate change
• Local Management towards sustainability

6. The indicators
• PM10 concentrations
• NO2 concentrations
• Ozone concentrations
• People exposed to noise pollution (traffic source)
• Domestic water consumption
• Inhabitants served by water treatment plants
• Re-use of rain water
• Water network’s leakages

7. The indicators
• Household and municipal waste produced
• Differentiated collection of waste
• Waste disposal
• Percentage of journeys by car (modal split)
• Number of registered cars
• Passengers travelling on public transport
• Low emission public transport fleet
• Cycle paths and lanes
• Pedestrian areas
• Public green areas

8. The indicators
• CO2 emissions and reduction targets
• Trend of electric consumptions
• Inhabitants connected to district heating system
• Energy consumption of public buildings
• Renawable plants (managed by public authority)
• Green public procurement, procedures and purchasing
• Environmental certification of public authorities

9. Data collection
• Download the spreadsheet from the web: www.iclei-
europe.org/informed-cities
• The spreasheet contains definitions and measure units
• Contact our helpdesk in order to get more information
• Fill the form in, taking the formal responsibility of data
• Send us the spreadsheet
• After a first quality data check, we will send data back to
you for a final agreement

10. Data collection
CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK W AS T EW A T ER
1 ) In h a b ita n ts c o n n e c te d to w a s te w a te r tr e a tm e n t p la n ts :
3) Cycling network
km year num ber ye a r
Cycle paths/tracks along streets or roads to ta l in h a b ita n ts c o n n e c te d
km %
p e rc e n ta g e o f h o u s e h o ld s c o n n e c te d
Cycle lanes along streets or roads
km to ta l n . in h a b ita n ts e q u iva le n t c o n n e c te d
Cycle routes not along streets or roads
km
2 ) T r e a tm e n t le ve l
Traffic calming streets
% o f u rb a n w a s te w a te r tre a te d
P rim a ry, s e c o n d a ry a n d fu ll te rtia ry tre a tm e n t
P rim a ry a n d s e c o n d a ry tre a tm e n t o r p rim a ry, s e c o n d a ry a n d in c o m p le te te rtia ry
4) Pedestrian network year P rim a ry tre a tm e n t o r p rim a ry a n d in c o m p le te s e c o n d a ry tre a tm e n t
km N o tre a tm e n t
pedestrian streets N o in fo rm a tio n
0%
Ha
pedestrian areas 3 ) Is th e w a s te w a te r tre a te d r e u s e d ?
Glossary W h a t is th e p e rc e n ta g e o f re u s e ?
Glo s s a r y
Cycle paths/tracks - paths/traks along streets and roads physically separated. This may include a separate
In h a b ita n ts c o n n e c te d to w a s te w a te r tr e a tm e n t p la n ts - In h a b ita n ts livin g in d w e llin g s w h o s e c o lle c tin g
pedestrian zone or path, or pedestrians and cyclists may be expected to share the same way.
s ys te m (s ys te m o f c o n d u its w h ic h c o lle c t a n d c o n d u c t u rb a n w a s te w a te r) is c o n n e c te d to a tre a tm e n t p la n t.
Cycle lanes - Traffic lanes marked on an existing roadway generally restricted to cycle traffic. They can be Bla c k w a te r : w a s te w a te r c o n ta in in g fe c a l m a tte r a n d u rin e
mandatory (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor vehicles is prohibited) or advisory (marked with a R a in w a te r: w a t e r t h a t h a s fa lle n a s ra in a n d c o n t a in s lit tle d is s o lve d m in e ra l m a t t e r
broken white line, entry by motor vehicles is permitted only in particular cases). Do m e s tic w a te r c o n s u m p tio n - P e r c a p ita d o m e s tic c o n s u m p tio n o f w a te r is th e a m o u n t o f w a te r c o n s u m e d
p e r p e rs o n fo r th e p u rp o s e s o f in g e s tio n , h yg ie n e , c o o k in g , w a s h in g o f u te n s ils a n d o th e r h o u s e h o ld
Cycle routes - Routes or pathways for bicycles only, not along streets or roads (e.g. through parks)
p u rp o s e s , in c lu d in g g a rd e n in g u s e s .
Traffic calming streets - Urban street with strict measures of motorized traffic moderation. Examples are inverted N o te s
priority and 30 km/h zones.
Notes

11. Data collection
CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
3) Cycling network
km year
Cycle paths/tracks along streets or roads
km
Cycle lanes along streets or roads
km
Cycle routes not along streets or roads
km
Traffic calming streets
4) Pedestrian network year
km
pedestrian streets
Ha
pedestrian areas

12. Data collection
Glossary
Cycle paths/tracks - paths/traks along streets and roads physically separated. This may include a
separate pedestrian zone or path, or pedestrians and cyclists may be expected to share the same
way.
Cycle lanes - Traffic lanes marked on an existing roadway generally restricted to cycle traffic. They
can be mandatory (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor vehicles is prohibited) or advisory
(marked with a broken white line, entry by motor vehicles is permitted only in particular cases).
Cycle routes - Routes or pathways for bicycles only, not along streets or roads (e.g. through
parks)
Traffic calming streets - Urban street with strict measures of motorized traffic moderation.
Examples are inverted priority and 30 km/h zones.
Notes

13. The report
• Benchmark off all the cities participating
• Personal city’s profile
Download the
Urban Ecosystem Report 2007
www.iclei-europe.org/informed-cities

14. 32 Cities, 16 Countires
10 northern Urban Ecosystem Europe 2007
10 central
9 southern
3 eastern

15. Urban Ecosystem Europe 2007
Metropol. Big Medium Medium-
areas small
Berlin Barcelona Antwerpen Bristol
G. London Brussels Kobenh. Aarhus
G. Lyon Milano Dresden Heidelberg
Madrid Napoli Goteborg Lefkosia
Paris Praha Helsinki Tampere
Roma Wien Riga Turku
Munchen Stockholm Patra
Zaragoza Durres
Hannover Aalborg
Oslo

16. Air pollution: the situation is
still over the limit
• Half of the 32 cities does not respect the PM10 yearly limit
value set for 2005 (40 µg/m3) and more than 90%
exceeds the 2010 target (20 µg/m3).
• Almost all cities (84%) exceed the present limit value
referred to PM10 daily exceedance of 50 µ µg/m3, and
about 7 cities more than 3 times.
• 60% of the cities doesn’t respect at least in one
sample point the NO2 yearly average limit value of 50
µg/m3 set for 2005 and 90% exceeds the 2010 target (40
µg/m3).

17. 100
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Greater London
Roma
Milano
Madrid
PM10: number of daily means exceeding 50 µg/mc (highest values)
Barcelona
Praha
big
Paris
Munchen
Wien
Berlin
Lyon
Bruxelles
Napoli
Riga
Zaragoza
Explorative application
Kobenhavn
Stockholm
Antwerpen
medium
µ
µ
µ
Hannover
Dresden
Oslo
Helsinki
Goteborg
Bristol
Patra
Aalborg
Heidelberg
small
background
traffic
limit value
Aarhus
Tampere
Turku

18. Bike is an urban alternative to car, if
integrated with TP and well protected
• In smaller cities offering a cycling network of about 300
km unless 20% of citizens use the bicycle for their
home-to-work trips.
• Also bigger cities, as Helsinki Stockholm and Hannover,
offer focused policy aiming to strenghten the cycling
network ( more than 750 km).
• Hannover and Kobenhavn implemented also speed
reduction on a significant part of their roads (660 and
117 km respectively) and now register the maximum use
of bicycle in home-to-work trips.

19. 100
120
140
160
180
200
220
20
40
60
80
0
Wien
Munchen
Lyon
Berlin
Bruxelles
Paris
big
Praha
Barcelona
Greater London
Cycle paths and lanes (m/100 inh)
Roma
Milano
Madrid
Napoli
297
Helsinki
Explorative application
Hannover
Stockholm
Goteborg
Kobenhavn medium
Dresden
Bristol
Oslo
Zaragoza
Riga
Turku
Aalborg
Tampere
small
Aarhus
Heidelberg
Patra

20. Municipal waste: local policies and life
styles can make the difference
• Waste production is growing almost everywhere
• Some administrations, thanks to good separated
collection rates (in some cases over 50%), have
managed to increase the recycle and so to reduce the
amount of residual waste to be disposed under 300
kg/inh.
• Other cities register more than 450kg/inhab/year
residual waste to be disposed, due to low separation
rates.

21. 100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
0
Munchen
Praha
Lyon
Bruxelles
separated
residual
Berlin
Madrid
big
Paris
Per capita urban waste production (kg/inh year)
Barcelona
Milano
Greater London
Wien
Napoli
Roma
Dresden
Hannover
Explorative application
Riga
Goteborg
medium
Kobenhavn
Zaragoza
Bristol
Antwerpen
Stockholm
Durres
Heidelberg
Aarhus
small
Turku
Patra
Lefkosia
Aalborg

22. Risks due to climate changes could be
avoided, but now it’s time to act
• A good majority (21) of the 32 cities adopted local CO2
reduction targets.
• Solar panels diffusion in public buildings is growing:
Wien is the best for thermal panels (about 13,000 m2)
and Munchen for photovoltaic panels on public buildings
(more then 4,000 kW).
• In Helsinki, Kobenhavn, Aarhus, Tampere and Stockholm
more than 70% of the population is connected to a
district heating system.

23. Solar thermal and PV plants on public buildings (kW)
10.000
big medium small
9.000 Explorative application
8.000
7.000
6.000
5.000
4.000
3.000
2.000
1.000
0
Hannover
Lyon
Paris
Praha
Wien
Munchen
Madrid
Goteborg
Heidelberg
Barcelona
Roma
Napoli
Helsinki
Zaragoza
Lefkosia
Dresden

24. Benchmark your city!
Hannover median
N O2
S e pa ra t e d c o lle c t . P M 10
Wa s t e S o la r po we r
P ublic t ra ns po rt Wa t e r c o ns .
C yc ling P a rk s a nd ga rde ns

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