Cities as Healers IUFA Presentation

CITIES AS HEALERSIUFA 2015 CONFERENCEBarcelona

Silviu-Vlad PîrvuUrban PlannerCenter of Excellence in Planning (CEP)Bucharest, Romania.

THE BIGCHALLENGE

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

FERTILITY RATE

CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE

GLOBAL SOIL FERTILITY

The Humans are the Main Agent of Harmfor their own health

BUT...WHAT IS THE ROOT OF ALL PROBLEMS LINKED OR CAUSED

BY OUR ACTIONS?

DECLINE OFNATURAL CAPITAL

WE OFTEN THINK THAT THE EXISTING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS … PARASITICAL

The ironic fact is that even the parasites are decomposed quickly, feeding other organisms, returning their cells back in the natural cycle.

NATURE

EVOLVING:Natural selection, learning and adapting through continuous panarhic cycles.

SURVIVING:homeostasis and

immunity mechanisms

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TECHNOLOGY

EVOLVING:Human design, improving and adapting through the learning mechanism of trial and error.

SURVIVING:as long as it meets demand, constrained by resources.

designed by us…

… designing us.

the total clash between our cities and nature is unavoidable.

THE SOLUTION

SYNERGETIC SYMBIOSIS between technology and nature.

FUSION APPROACHbased on

collaboration & interoperability

finding synergies, the eco-friendly technologies and the right “nature” for symbiosis

ON SHORT…

As we build cities, we create natural capital and ecosystem services are enabled and enhanced

With:

1. NATURE as our inspiration2. TECHNOLOGY as the enabler3. PEOPLE as drivers for change.

SHIFTING THE PARADIGM

from CONSERVATION to WIN-WIN DEVELOPMENT.

GENERATING HUMAN PROSPERITY

ANDPRODUCING NATURAL CAPITAL FOR EVERYONE

from LOW NEGATIVE IMPACT to HIGH POZITIVE IMPACT

from MITIGATION to HARDENING

instead of LOW CONSUMPTION MASSIVE REGENERATION

Nature should be our inspiration

as it had more time to learn and evolve

With

Technology as our ally

ENHANCED BIOMIMICRY

REFLECTING OUR NEEDS

HARVESTING ENERGY

WITH THE RIGHT MIX

WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE THE DRIVERS OF CHANGE

Cities can heal.

Thank you.

CITIES AS HEALERSIUFA 2015 CONFERENCEBarcelona

Silviu-Vlad PîrvuUrban PlannerCenter of Excellence in Planning (CEP)Bucharest, Romania.