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Sustainable City Development - The SWECO Approach

The Sustainable City concept was developed by SWECO, a Swedish consulting firm, to promote sustainable urban development. The concept consists of a collaborative process for sustainability planning that includes stakeholder engagement, impact analysis, and strategy selection. An important part of the concept is the eco-cycle model which aims to shift resource flows from linear to circular. The concept has been applied to new city developments, existing city redevelopments, and sustainability reviews of master plans around the world.

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Sustainable City Development - The SWECO Approach

The Sustainable City concept was developed by SWECO, a Swedish consulting firm, to promote sustainable urban development. The concept consists of a collaborative process for sustainability planning that includes stakeholder engagement, impact analysis, and strategy selection. An important part of the concept is the eco-cycle model which aims to shift resource flows from linear to circular. The concept has been applied to new city developments, existing city redevelopments, and sustainability reviews of master plans around the world.

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Sustainable City Development

The SWECO Approach

The Sustainable City is a Swedish initiative with a holistic concept for a sustainable development of cities and communities.

Sustainable urbanization the need for decisive action

the concept

The Sustainable City concept was developed by SWECO for the 2002 World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on behalf of the Swedish Government through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Environment and the Swedish environmental technology industry by way of the Swedish Trade Council. The overall objective was to promote a sustainable development of cities in economic, social, ecological and spatial dimensions.

The SWECO concept consists of a working method for sustainability reviews based on open, creative and constructive communication and cooperation between decision-makers, experts and the public. Important steps include diagnosis of the current situation, specification of key issues and objectives, impact analyses and selection of str ategies. A number of tools are used to facilitate this process, such as SWOT-analysis, scenario-techniques, back casting and SEA.

working method and toolbox

eco-cycle model

In a Sustainable City, the use of renewable resources is emphasised, resource consumption is minimised and resources are managed in a way that maximises recovery and reuse. New system solutions provide scope for synergies between sewage, waste and energy production and enable coordination with efficient land use, landscape planning and transport systems. This is illustrated by the eco-cycle model which is essential for a definitive shift from linear to circular resource flows.

new and existing urban areas

The concept is applicable in planning of new cities and towns where there is a window of opportunity to reduce energy demand by up to 75% and achieve an energy supply based on renewables. In addition, the concept can be used to develop strategies for successive realignment of existing urban areas in a sustainable direction.

examples

- Cork South Docklands Master Plan, Ireland - Tianjin Gangdong Conceptual Master Plan, China - Hohhot and Wuhai Green City Projects, Inner Mongolia, China - the Baltic Pearl Project, Russia - the Dongli Lake Project, China - Qingdao Olympic Sailing Arena Competition, China - the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Project, Canada - Luodian Town in Shanghai, China - Buffalo City, South Africa - Hammarby Sjstad, Sweden

The Baltic Pearl Project in Sankt Petersburg, Russia


Baltic Pearl is a EUR 1.3 billion investment by a Chinese investor and is the largest overseas commercial venture ever by a Chinese company. SWECOs competition proposal for the project reflects a dedicated commitment to sustainable development in ecological, social and economic dimensions. The ecocycle model is reflected in the citys structure, as well as the landscape and building architecture, and is clearly readable in the design. The objective is to have integrated eco-cycle systems for water, waste and energy, such as making use of sewage sludge and solid waste; utilising surplus energy from nearby industries for energy production; minimising energy usage through urban planning and structural design; and, not least, by creating a public transport system attractive enough to reduce automobile dependancy. Client: Shanghai Overseas United Investment Co Ltd ZAO Batlic Pearl

Hohhot and Wuhai Green Cities


Two joint research projects for sustainable cities in the autonomous republic of Inner Mongolia in China. Hohhot is the capital city of Inner Mongolia with a population of 2,130,000. In the first phase, the planned Green City will have a population of 20,000. Wuhai is a small prefecture-level city and regional center with a population of 450,000 people. In the first phase, the planned Green City will have a population of 8,000. Client: The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Swedish Trade Council

Dongli Lake Project


Outside Tianjin, the ancient port city and gateway to Beijing, a new town for 100,000 residents will be built. The ambition was to create a town with a clear ecological profile and with a high level of environmental consideration. Client: China Vanke Co. Ltd

Tianjin Gangdong Conceptual Master Plan


The site is located south east of the centre of Tianjin. It is part of a new development in Gangdong, which when completed will have a total of 145,000 residents. Sustainability, close relationship to water and interaction between buildings and nature are main factors in this project. Client: Tianjing Real Estate Development Group

Luodian Town, Shanghai


Luodian New Town is a new city for 30,000 residents outside Shanghai. The layout has been inspired by scandinavian architecture, landscape and urban planning traditions. SWECO has been involved in the project for several years, in everything from general strategic planning to the design of individual buildings and squares. The city centre was inaugurated in June 2004 and since then three new town districts have been built Client: The City of Shanghai and Shanghai Real Estate Ltd

Cork South Docklands Master Plan


Sustainability analysis of the initial masterplan to assist in preparation of a comprehensive sustainability master plan for the South Docklands. The project includes: Masterplan, Targets and Funding Energy Production Waste Management Water and Wastewater Individual Building Sustainability An eco-cycle model has been developed on building level, town district level and city level. Client: Howards Holdings Ltd

Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Project


The TWRC is one of the greatest urban development programmes in the world. The project embraces housing and sevice facilities for 70,000 people as well as places of work for 30,000 people. The area to be built lies along the Lake Ontario and the project is estimated to run for 20 years. A Swedish expert team went to Toronto to present the Swedish way to build cities for a sustainable society and to market Swedish know-how in environmental technology. Client: TWRC (Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation)

Hammarby Sjstad, Sweden


Hammarby Sjstad, the sea city in Stockholm, is an environmental project out of the ordinary a high class city district planned for a population of 20,000 and an awarded environmental urban planning project. SWECO participated in the planning process as well as in a number of projects in building and landscape design; structural engineering; water and sewage systems; waste handling systems; land decontamination; geotechnics; and traffic planning. Hammarby Sjstad is the starting point for the Sustainable City Concept and an inspiration for the following projects. Client: City of Stockholm and a number of real estate developers

Contact person Sustainable City

Professor Ulf Ranhagen, SWECO Box 17920, SE-118 95 Stockholm, SWEDEN Telephone +46 (0)734 129 275 ulf.ranhagen@sweco.se

SWECO is a leading provider of consulting services in the fields of urban planning, architecture, engineering, and environmental technology. The SWECO group includes over 4,000 employees and is a leader in several segments

of the Nordic and European market.

www.sweco.se

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