What makes a City sustainable?

Jürgen Rosemann
WHAT MAKES A CITY SUSTAINABLE?
Statement 1
THE CITY IS DESTRUCTIVE
Nanterre 1968
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1 Billion Slumdwellers
UNFPA
Statement 2
THE CITY IS INEVITABLE
Advantages of Urbanization:
• Cities are better able to take advantage of globalization’s opportunities and to generate jobs and income.
• Cities are in a better position to provide education and health care.
• Urbanization helps to hold back environmental
degradation by offering an outlet for rural
population growth that otherwise encroach upon
natural habitats and areas of biodiversity.
UNFPA 2007
Statement 3
PERMACITY IS MAKE‐ABLE
Public Housing in Berlin
Arch. Hinrich Baller
Conde Nast Building
New York
EXPO 2000 in Hannover
MVRDV
IBM Tower Kuala Lumpur
Ken Yeang
Editt Tower – Ken Yeang
Compression and Dilution
reduces the ecological footprint
Public Housing
Social Integration
50 % Social Rented Housing
25 % Subsidized Owner Occupied
25 % Commercial Owner Occupied
GWL area Amsterdam – Kees Christiaanse
Economical Sustainability
Competition vs. Global Equity
How social integration supports economical success:
• More segregation means more social costs, more loads for the public budgets.
• More social integration means more investment into the future, more economical success.
The Rules of PermaCity:
Sustainable urban environment:
‐ Reduce the exploitation of natural resources;
‐ Limit the environmental pollution
Sustainable urban society:
‐ Combat segregation and exclusion;
‐ Generate a healthy and integrated urban society;
‐ Generate social justice in the city.
Sustainable urban economy:
‐ Create productive and sustainable ways of living capable of surviving without the exploitation of other societies or future generations