The pace of urbanization throughout the world – and especially in the developing world – is challenging development donors and thinkers to find new solutions to tackling urban poverty, and urban slum issues.
Devex recently hosted an online discussion with some of the top thinkers and policymakers standing at the crossroads where urbanization and development meet.
2. Steve Feldstein
Director, Office of
Policy USAID
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Charles North
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
USAID
Daniel Hoornweg
Professor, UOIT
Chief Safety and
Risk Officer,
Province of Ontario
Michael Igoe
Global Development
Reporter
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Support good governance and effective management systems
2.
Encourage innovative and cost-effective service delivery
3.
Support increases in investments in service delivery
4.
Help countries and communities apply pro-poor service delivery
models
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13. A cross-cutting vision of urban services to
achieve larger USAID goals
Stresses country-led, financially sustainable
service delivery
Leverages USAID’s expertise in G.I.S. and
partnerships with local and state governments
Responds to rapid urban growth and extreme
poverty in cities
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19. Indian residents of collects drinking water from a tanker supplied by the municipal water works in Bolkapur Colony of Hyderabad.
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20. A technician adjusts an Internet router placed on a mast close to a set of papyrus-shaped columns, part of the Ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple
complex erected by Ramses II, 1280 BC, on the east bank of the Nile River in the city. CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP 000_Nic194348
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21. People walk up and down the Via Apia, the main street of the Rocinha shantytown, Brazil's largest favela ANTONIO SCORZA /
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22. An Indian farmer works on a sunflower field at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus, in Bangalore on November
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23. Sustainable Cities
December 2013
Dan Hoornweg
Professor and Jeffrey Boyce Research Chair, UOIT
Chief Safety and Risk Officer, Province of Ontario
25. Urban settlements are home to more than
50% of the world’s population
2 billion new urban residents by 2030, 3 billion by 2050
UN World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision
34. Growing urban challenges
Global financial crisis; slower growth, unemployment
Climate change; uncertainty, urban vulnerability
Energy security and price; volatility, efficiency
Food and water security
Decreasing densities – unsustainable growth
Rate of growth; global geopolitical uncertainty
Risk identification and communication
Mumbai, India
35. GHG emissions per capita (tCO2e/yr)
16
$12,275
High Income
The Climate Change Challenge
Tehran
BEIJING
Hanoi
Chengdu
Xian
Shenyang
Bandung
Alexandria
8
WASHINGTON, DC
Guangzhou
DALLAS
HOUSTON
Phoenix
13.7
Johannesburg
LOS ANGELES
CHICAGOBOSTON
MIAMI
TORONTO
Milan
PHILADELPHIA
BANGKOK
Montreal NEW YORK
Ankara
ATHENS
SAN FRANCISCO
LONDON
Berlin
Algiers Moscow
SHANGHAI
TIANJIN
Atlanta
SYDNEY
Detroit
Melbourne
St. Petersburg Kong
Hong
SINGAPORE
Pusan
CAPE TOWN
MADRID
Osaka
Istanbul
Jeddah
Riyadh
Monterrey
Caracas
Medellin
Pune
4
Cairo
CHONGQING
B.Horizonte
Fortaleza
Bogota
Jakarta
Hydearabad
Bangalore
Ho Chi Minh
Khartoum Recife
Lahore
Lima
Chennai
Mumbai
Lagos
Kinshasa
1
1500
Santiago
Salvador
2
Guadalajara
SEOUL
BUENOS AIRES
Brasilia
P.Alegre
TOKYO
PARIS
BARCELONA
MEXICO CITY
450 ppm
by 2050
RIO DE JANEIRO
Karachi
DELHI
SAO PAULO
AHMADABAD
CALCUTTA
3000
6000
550 ppm
by 2050
12000
GDP per capita ($)
24000
48000
36. GHG Emissions are Unequally Distributed Within and Across Countries
WDR2010
37. Urban Form Determines a City’s Energy Efficiency
Urban form and density
significantly impact energy
consumption.
Source: Adopted from Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality
38. the built-up area of Atlanta and Barcelona
Barcelona
Atlanta
2.5 mil people (1990)
4,280 km2 (built-up area)
2.8 mil people (1990)
162 km2 (built-up area)
39. Urban design will impact the low-carbon futures of sustainable cities
41. Environmental Policies Also Matter
25
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita 1967 to 2010
US
Carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons/capita)
20
15
Canada
United Kingdom
South Africa
10
Japan
France
Sweden
5
China
Mexico
Korea, Rep.
Brazil
India
0
15
25
Nigeria
Bubble size corresponds to total carbon dioxide emissions (kilotons)
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45
55
Urban population (% of total)
65
75
Source: World Development Indicators
85
95
46. Need for New Urban Metrics
• Infrastructure Rating
Tool
• Gross metropolitan
product
• Urban GHG
emissions
• Material flows
(metabolism of
cities)
• Urban Risk
Assessment
• Global City Indicator
Facility
• Energy mix
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50. Rapid Growth is Difficult to Manage—But it Must be Planned For (at home and abroad)
51. A New Urban Agenda
Build ‘Sustainable Cities’ – Emergence of Cities
More attention on Urban Form (and Management)
City metrics matter – need a systems approach
Energy and Cities
Better buildings
Transportation
Electricity generation
Smarter Financing and Policies
Leaders needed
New Partnerships (Outcome-Based Collaboration)
New and improved Engineering
Work with other professions
Linking Sectors (Technology) and Regions