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Urban centres provide opportunities for a range of social and cultural activities, as well as being critical for innovations in science, technology and education. They are also of critical importance for social and economic development. However, with approximately 40% of global energy use taking place within city buildings, this sector is also the single largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions.
As a result, the design and use of energy and resource-efficient buildings has a key role in climate change mitigation to accelerate the global green economy transition. Although vast savings are possible by constructing new green buildings and retrofitting existing buildings, even greater gains can be achieved by adopting a long-term life-cycle approach involving stakeholders at different stages – from environmentally-minded investors and architects, to sustainable extraction, construction and usage, and the eventual demolition and the recycling or disposal of the building materials.
Cities are well-placed to play a major role in decoupling economic development from resource use and environmental impacts, while finding a better balance between social, environmental and economic objectives. Resource-efficient cities combine greater productivity and innovation with lower costs and reduced environmental impacts, offering at the same time financial savings and increased sustainability.
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development
Introduce an interesting researcher: Outi Luova University Lecturer, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku. She is interested in environment performance and environmental education in the context of urban design and development in East Asia. As a Finnish national she can use English, Chinese, Swedish and German to work and research.
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN CHINA ‘IMBUED WITH LOCAL EXPERIMENTATION AND VARIATION
Ethnic Transnational Capital Transfers and Development - Utilization of Ties with South Korea in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, China Yanbian is a region with a lot of Chinese citizen but Korea ethnic residents
Divergent Trajectories among Chinese Community Volunteer Associations and Urban Governance: Comparing Four Districts in Tianjin
Local environmental governance and policy implementation: Variegated environmental education in three districts in Tianjin, China Interesting. Environment performance and environmental education, good perspective.
Interesting video on green social housing in Cape Town. Belhar Gardens is the first social housing project in South Africa to achieve EDGE certification. #energyefficiency #heatpumps #watersavings #greenspace
Created an Opportunity in Climate Change, Cities and Urban Development
Barcelona's 'superblock' is expanding and will cover one of the densest sections of the city. The city will hold a public competition in 2021 to come up with the preferred design. Since it was established in 2016, the concept has gained popularity worldwide given its success in reducing traffic and cutting air pollution to bring Barcelona’s NO2 levels in line with the WHO recommendation of a maximum of 40 micrograms per cubic metre.
GGGI has just released a flagship publication on green cities, which reflects on the past and present work on sustainable and inclusive cities focusing on strategic planning, circular economy, infrastructure, sanitation, and sustainable mobility. Free to download!
Analysis of commercial land leasing of the district governments of Beijing in China