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The Urban Genome Project: Deciphering Cities’ DNA to solve sustainability challenges
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Jonathan Fink, DirectorCenter for Sustainability Science Applications
Arizona State University
Outline of Today’s Presentation
1) Personal and ASU background
2) ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability
3) Role of cities in addressing sustainability
4) Different sectors’ approaches to urban systems
5) Rationale for an Urban Genome Project
6) Opportunities for Monash-ASU urban collaboration
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Personal Background
• Volcanology professor at ASU
• Department Chair, VP Research, Sustainability Director
• Helped promote interdisciplinary culture at ASU
• Heavily involved in regional economic development
• New Center focuses on cross-sector sustainability research
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Institutional Background - ASU
• One of largest universities in U.S. (~ 67,000 students)
• Four campuses in Metro Phoenix under one administration
• Interdisciplinary, global, socially relevant, use-inspired
• Sustainability has been a top institutional priority since 2002
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Nature Editorial, April 26, 2007: ASU as “The university of the future”
Much of this recognition grew
from our sustainability program
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ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability
• First degree-granting School of Sustainability (BS, MS, PhD)
• University practices that reflect principles of sustainability
• University-wide Sustainability Research Federation
• Decision Theater links research to community’s policy needs
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School of Sustainability: Emphasis areas
• Global urbanization
• Energy and materials
• Water quantity and quality
• Biodiversity
• Values and ethics
• Business practices
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“The World’s First, so the World Lasts”
School of Sustainability: How it works
• SOS Faculty: some full-time, some shared, some “borrowed”
• Courses: Some just SOS, some shared, some distributed
• Students: Majors and minors in Sustainability
• 650 undergrad majors in second year; 75 grad students
• Most ASU Schools now want their own sustainability programs
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ASU Sustainable Business Practices
• Solid waste
• Transportation
• Energy
• Buildings
• Food
• Purchasing
• Water conservation
• Public education
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Whether or not one “believes” in global climate change, the path we are on is unsustainable
If everyone in the world lived like an average North American, we would need five planets to live on
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
How to best respond to the need for change?
Countries sign global treatiesBut binding agreements, if any, are watered down
Companies find ways to profit from changeBut if profits and public good conflict, profit wins
Individuals can change their behaviorBut unless everyone does it, most put it off
Cities and regions try lots of different approachesBut each one tends to do its own thing
Each city can be considered an experiment
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Cities are ideal scale to address sustainability
• More than half the world’s population is now urban
• Cities are best scale to balance consumption and resources
• Urban density leads to reduced energy and water consumption
• Population within a city easier to communicate with
• People more responsive to local politics
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Large cities have lower per capita CO2 emissions
City population size
< 500,000 1,000,000-1,499,999500,000-999,999 >1,500,000
6.74
4.735.03
3.77
CO
2Em
issi
on
s p
er
cap
ita
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Transportation emissions scale with population density
How can we greatly improve these efficiencies?
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Massive urbanization in China and elsewhere offer opportunities to create large impacts
400M Chinese moving to cities from rural areas
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Four sectors help conduct urban experiments
NGOs
Government
Corporations
Educate DiscoverConveneIntegrate
AdvocateDefend InformSolicit
ContributeInnovateEmploy Invest
UniversitiesFund
ProtectRegulate
Negotiate
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
How can Federal urban systems research be better coordinated?
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can Federal urban systems research be better coordinated?
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
Federal approach to urban systems is fragmented
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
ADEQ
APS SRP
ADWR
ADHS
ADOC
GPEC
AERO
ADOT ADOA
MAG SFAz
State &Local
Agencies
State and local agencies have same problem
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
ADEQ
APS SRP
ADWR
ADHS
ADOC
GPEC
AERO
ADOT ADOA
MAG SFAz
State &Local
Agencies
ASU
NSF
CAP-LTER
ASU used one project to connect pieces for Phoenix
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
ADEQ
APS SRP
ADWR
ADHS
ADOC
GPEC
AERO
ADOT ADOA
MAG SFAz
State &Local
Agencies
ASU
NSF
CAP-LTERGIOS
Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS)formalized the university’s integrative role
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
ADEQ
APS SRP
ADWR
ADHS
ADOC
GPEC
AERO
ADOT ADOA
MAG SFAz
State &Local
Agencies
ASU
NSF
CAP-LTERGIOS
Do urban transport and land use affect water?
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
ADEQ
APS SRP
ADWR
ADHS
ADOC
GPEC
AERO
ADOT ADOA
MAG SFAz
State &Local
Agencies
ASU
NSF
CAP-LTERGIOS
How do energy efficiency and climate interact?
AIR
HEALTHHOUSING
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
MANUFACTURING
CLIMATE
URBAN SECURITY
FORESTSLAND USE AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
How can the study of urban systems be coordinated?
Federal Mission
Agencies
NIEHSDOE
EPA
NASA
NOAA
USGS
USFS
DOC
DOD
HUD
USDABLM
DOT
DHS
DOL
DOJ
CDC
First joint Federal urban research program in 2009
HUD-DOT-EPA Initiative for Sustainable Communities
Metro Phoenix as a laboratory
• 5th largest, 2nd fastest-growing city in US
• Relatively easy to model
• Large federal urban research projects
• State agencies, industry, universities collaborate well
• ASU’s sustainability focus is on Phoenix
• Already feeling climate impacts (heat, drought, migration)
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• Spatial: city strictly limited by infrastructure
• Population: well-documented; rapid growth
• Cultural: built on ancient Hohokam canals (AD 1000)
• Topography/Tectonics: Basin and Range; stable
• Water: aquifers; canals; reservoirs; streams; Colorado River
• Air: eastward flow; heat island; brown cloud; monsoon
• Land Use: desert agriculture urban
• Economy: mining/agriculture high tech/tourism
• Housing: Cheaper on periphery; follows freeways
Simple boundary conditions for modeling Phoenix
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Grand challenges of urban sustainabilityplaced in a Phoenix framework
• Eliminate water as a limit to prosperity in Arizona
• Replace all Arizona’s carbon-based energy with renewables
• Clean air to reduce childhood respiratory illnesses
• Design cities to reduce vulnerabilities to urban heat
• Use ICT, modeling and policies to end traffic congestion
• Develop city so biodiversity and ecosystem services increase
• Expand inexpensive, locally-grown food to reduce hunger
• Establish affordable, sustainable housing and communities
• Make region leader for sustainable technology innovation
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ASU’s urban systems research projects
• CAP-LTER, one of two Urban LTERs
• Two Urban Ecology IGERTs (NSF)
• Agrarian-urban transitions (NSF)
• Heat Island Research Center (EPA)
• Urban Fluid Dynamics (ADEQ, EPA)
• 100 Cities remote sensing (NASA)
• Decision Center for a Desert City (NSF)
• Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• Center for Science, Policy & Outcomes
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
ASU’s urban systems research projects
• CAP-LTER, one of two Urban LTERs
• Two Urban Ecology IGERTs (NSF)
• Agrarian-urban transitions (NSF)
• Heat Island Research Center (EPA)
• Urban Fluid Dynamics (ADEQ, EPA)
• 100 Cities remote sensing (NASA)
• Decision Center for a Desert City (NSF)
• Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• Center for Science, Policy & Outcomes
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Central Arizona – Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research
CAP is one of only two urban LTERs
young cityrapid growtharid climate
rugged topography
old cityslower growthhumid climate
flat terrain
5
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Phoenix
Baltimore
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How does urbanization affect city’s underlying ecosystem?
How does regional ecosystem constrain urban development?
Underlying CAP-LTER Research Questions
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CAP-LTER 200 point surveyUniform data collected regularly
50 km
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CAP analyzes complex urban impacts on ecosystems
• Chemical modifications
– Enhanced N, C deposition
– Addition of novel compounds and pollutants
• Hydrologic modifications
– Land cover changes
– Manipulation of water source, amount, quality
– Simplification of flow-paths
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9.0 = 15 Evaporation(cooling water) + 5.2 +
Non-
consumptive
uses
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Urban landscapes
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Hydrologic balance for the CAP ecosystem
0.62
Surface water
Evaporation
Outflow
Internal transfers
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Air pollution impacts on ground water and soil
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Urban Heat Island Effect
Night time temperatures go up a lot in city
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Sky Harbor Airport
N
How to reduce airport’s thermal footprint?
Urban heat island has health, water, and energy consequences
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High Albedo
High Thermal
Mass
High Albedo
Low Thermal
Mass
Low Albedo
High Thermal
Mass
Low Albedo
Low Thermal
Mass
New materials can reduce airport’s impact
Anthropogenic
Heat
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ASU-NASA 100 Cities remote sensing project
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Existing
Planned
Negotiating
Partners
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100 Cities Project:Standardized, repeated urban remote sensing
100 Cities Project:
• Annual day and night images collected for each city
• Goal is to partner with local groups in all 100 cities
• Can we develop a taxonomy of growing cities?
• How can cities minimize their environmental impact?
• Collaborating with World Bank
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Visible to near-infrared
15 m/pixel
• Major land cover classes
• Vegetation health
• Soil properties
• Soil contamination
Las Vegas, NV, 17-Oct-2000
Shortwave infrared
30 m/pixel
• Urban surface materials
• Rooftop materials
• Energy use
• Fugitive dust production
• Metal contamination
• Ecological communities
Thermal infrared
90 m/pixel
• Surface energy balances
• Regional climate models
• Anthropogenic heat sources
• Heat island development
• Surface composition
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Urban 4D NASA Proposal
• $30M for aircraft-based remote sensing of four cities
• NASA Goddard, Ames, Marshall Ctrs; NCAR, ASU, UGa, MIT
• Apply models from one city to all the others
• Understand inter-urban, multi-scale comparisons
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Ultimate goal: “City Sat” remote sensing satellite
• Urban remote sensing data difficult to obtain
• Often can’t access satellite data of cities
• Existing instruments not optimized for cities
• Solution is a dedicated urban satellite system
• ASU and NASA now planning “CitySat”
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Decision Center for a Desert City
Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Seven States Plan
Return to Starting Page
Powell
Max Powell storage
PowellEqualizations
LeesFerryInflow
Copy 2 of UpperBasin Use
Upper BasinConsumption
Holding Supply
Powell Watershed
Copy of Meadwatershed
2006 Powell Volume
Index Volume
Volume Thresholds
Rule to use
Seven States Rule
Balance Amount
Future - HistoricalSwitch
Upper Basin Flow
Upper BasinAllocation
Powell Evaporation
Predicted PowellUC Shortage
Copy of Powell toMead Colorado Index
Year
Predicted Powell
Projected NaturalFlow
Mead
Drought Factor
Colorado RandomFlow
Colorado meanColorado sd Colorado AER
Upper Consumptionduring shortfall
Powell Overflow
CO Beginning ofDrought
CO Drought Factor
CO Number DroughtYears
CO DroughtMultiplier
• Addresses urban water decision-making under uncertainty
• Regional stakeholders engaged from start to finish
• Decision Theater helps them assess alternative futures
• Could also apply to air pollution, energy, traffic, food
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Phoenix has three water sources:Aquifers, Colorado River, Salt-Verde Rivers
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Sources of Phoenix’s water uncertainty
Global climate change
Urban heat island
Annual rainfall variability
Total Annual Precipitation
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“WaterSim” forecasting tool in Decision Theater
WaterSim has many user-adjustable variables
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“WaterSim” framework connects models for hydrology, law, economics, climate, land use
Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Seven States Plan
Return to Starting Page
Powell
Max Powell storage
PowellEqualizations
LeesFerryInflow
Copy 2 of UpperBasin Use
Upper BasinConsumption
Holding Supply
Powell Watershed
Copy of Meadwatershed
2006 Powell Volume
Index Volume
Volume Thresholds
Rule to use
Seven States Rule
Balance Amount
Future - HistoricalSwitch
Upper Basin Flow
Upper BasinAllocation
Powell Evaporation
Predicted PowellUC Shortage
Copy of Powell toMead Colorado Index
Year
Predicted Powell
Projected NaturalFlow
Mead
Drought Factor
Colorado RandomFlow
Colorado meanColorado sd Colorado AER
Upper Consumptionduring shortfall
Powell Overflow
CO Beginning ofDrought
CO Drought Factor
CO Number DroughtYears
CO DroughtMultiplier
Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Seven States Plan
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
“WaterSim” framework connects models for hydrology, law, economics, climate, land use
Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Seven States Plan
Return to Starting Page
Powell
Max Powell storage
PowellEqualizations
LeesFerryInflow
Copy 2 of UpperBasin Use
Upper BasinConsumption
Holding Supply
Powell Watershed
Copy of Meadwatershed
2006 Powell Volume
Index Volume
Volume Thresholds
Rule to use
Seven States Rule
Balance Amount
Future - HistoricalSwitch
Upper Basin Flow
Upper BasinAllocation
Powell Evaporation
Predicted PowellUC Shortage
Copy of Powell toMead Colorado Index
Year
Predicted Powell
Projected NaturalFlow
Mead
Drought Factor
Colorado RandomFlow
Colorado meanColorado sd Colorado AER
Upper Consumptionduring shortfall
Powell Overflow
CO Beginning ofDrought
CO Drought Factor
CO Number DroughtYears
CO DroughtMultiplier
Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Seven States Plan
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
“WaterSim” framework connects models for hydrology, law, economics, climate, land use
Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Seven States Plan
Return to Starting Page
Powell
Max Powell storage
PowellEqualizations
LeesFerryInflow
Copy 2 of UpperBasin Use
Upper BasinConsumption
Holding Supply
Powell Watershed
Copy of Meadwatershed
2006 Powell Volume
Index Volume
Volume Thresholds
Rule to use
Seven States Rule
Balance Amount
Future - HistoricalSwitch
Upper Basin Flow
Upper BasinAllocation
Powell Evaporation
Predicted PowellUC Shortage
Copy of Powell toMead Colorado Index
Year
Predicted Powell
Projected NaturalFlow
Mead
Drought Factor
Colorado RandomFlow
Colorado meanColorado sd Colorado AER
Upper Consumptionduring shortfall
Powell Overflow
CO Beginning ofDrought
CO Drought Factor
CO Number DroughtYears
CO DroughtMultiplier
Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Seven States Plan
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010 Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Seven States Plan
Return to Starting Page
Powell
Max Powell storage
PowellEqualizations
LeesFerryInflow
Copy 2 of UpperBasin Use
Upper BasinConsumption
Holding Supply
Powell Watershed
Copy of Meadwatershed
2006 Powell Volume
Index Volume
Volume Thresholds
Rule to use
Seven States Rule
Balance Amount
Future - HistoricalSwitch
Upper Basin Flow
Upper BasinAllocation
Powell Evaporation
Predicted PowellUC Shortage
Copy of Powell toMead Colorado Index
Year
Predicted Powell
Projected NaturalFlow
Mead
Drought Factor
Colorado RandomFlow
Colorado meanColorado sd Colorado AER
Upper Consumptionduring shortfall
Powell Overflow
CO Beginning ofDrought
CO Drought Factor
CO Number DroughtYears
CO DroughtMultiplier
WatershedSimulation
ClimateChange
Land Use &Population
PolicyTradeoffs
GroundwaterSustainability
Graph slider bars allow alternate futures to be assessed in real time
WET
DRY
More technical Less Technical
WaterSim also available online at http://watersim.asu.edu
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Watershed Simulation
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Climate Change
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Land Use and Population
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Policy Tradeoffs
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Groundwater Sustainability
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MIT Senseable Cities Lab’s “Copenhagen Wheel”:Improve urban data collection and mobility
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World Bank’s Global City Indicators Facility:Common metrics for all the world’s cities
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Cisco Systems’ Connected Urban Development:Informs city dwellers about their impacts
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CUD’s Urban EcoMap for Amsterdam, San Francisco and Seoul
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EcoMap shows environmental impact by zip code
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IBM’s Smarter Cities program
Combines new sensor technologies with
computer models for better management
decisions
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Non-IT corporations can be partners for urban sustainability research
• Wal-Mart: (retail supply chain)
• Waste Management Inc: (material flows)
• CEMEX: (construction materials)
• Veolia: (urban environmental monitoring)
• BP Solar: (urban renewable energy)
• U Haul: (social mobility)
• Henkel/Dial: (home products)
• Arizona Public Service: (electricity generation)
• Salt River Project: (urban water and power delivery)
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What can Phoenix and other cities learn each from other?
• Cities taking the lead in discovering sustainable solutions
• Each city has unique challenges and opportunities
• Competition to be “green” helps cities find new ideas
• Regional cooperation is essential
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Chicago
• Urban Heat Island mitigation policies include incentives for cool roofs, pavements, and urban forestry
Green and cool alley way project
Planted 500,000 new trees 2 million square feet of green roofs (more than rest of US)
Green roofs 70 degrees cooler
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Vancouver, B.C.
• Neighborhood Energy Utility: Space heating and hot water use heat recovered from sewers and from solar collectors
• Climate Change Action Plan: All new construction in Vancouver will be GHG neutral by 2030
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Curitaba, Brazil• All-bus rapid transit system: inexpensive “social fare” leads to
Brazil’s highest ridership, lowest per capita pollution
• Green Exchange employment program lets low income families trade their trash for bus tickets and food
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Phoenix is dealing with problems today that other global cities will face in the future
• Water shortages due to consumptive lifestyles and low prices
• Heat island effect caused by hot climate and built environment
• Immigrants fleeing poverty and environmental degradation
• Auto-based economy vulnerable to high fuel costs
• Current lack of renewable energy generation
• Food, fuel, and water supplies transported long distances
• Epidemic of childhood asthma related to poor air quality
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ASU contributions to “greening” of Phoenix
• ASU helped prepare $75M “Green Phoenix” US DOE proposal
• Sustainable City Network involves managers from all cities
• ASU helps recruit greentech companies like Suntech
• Customized research for urban sustainability solutions
– Renewable energy: Solar and algae-based biofuels
– Energy efficiency: Building and neighborhood redesigns
– Heat island effect mitigation: New materials and strategies
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Sustainable Cities Network helps Metro Phoenix cities learn from each other
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Dar esSalaam
Sao Paolo
BangkokAmmanASU-World Bank
NASA Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Vulnerability Assessments
Global City Indicators
Facility
PHX Peoria TempePhoenix Sustainable
Cities NetworkU.S. Regional
NetworksGlobal Urban
Regional networks
SFO Amsterdam SeoulCisco Connected
Urban DevelopmentOther CUD
CitiesCorporate Urban
Research Network
PHX Las Vegas TucsonDecision Center for a Desert City
U.S. water-stressed cities
WEAP-based Global Water Network
Urban 4DNASA-ASU 100 Cities
Houston Baltimore AtlantaPHXNASA-CDC-WB CitySat
UK-ASU collaboration PHX LondonTyndall Centre
UK CitiesEU-COST Urban
Network
PHX ChicagoUrban Heat IslandEPA-CDC
UHI NetworkAtlanta
Global UHI Network
PHX BaltimoreUrban LTER sitesOther LTER
urban studiesILTSER Urban
Network
PHX BeijingASU-CAS Joint Center
on Urban Sustainability Other
Chinese citiesFastest-growing Cities Network
Comparative studies of cities
Do We Need an Urban Genome Project?
• Human Genome Project (HGP) sought to cure human diseases
• Urban Genome Project seeks to cure planetary diseases
• Each person has unique characteristics embedded in DNA
• Each city’s unique characteristics are reflected in its “DNA”
• HGP required multiagency and private sector funding
• Urban Genome Project needs multi-sector support
• But who will oversee it? WB? UN? NAS? OSTP? NASA?
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010
Monash-ASU urban collaboration options?
• Fast-growing cities on the front line of climate change
• Highly-stressed water supplies
• Growing heat island effects
• Immigration issues
• Regional governance challenges
• Air quality
• Agricultural conversion
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Center for Sustainability Science Applications: http://cssa.asu.edu
Global Institute of Sustainability: http://sustainability.asu.edu
School of Sustainability: http://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu
Decision Theater: http://dt.asu.edu
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research: http://caplter.asu.edu
ASU Heat Island Research: http://asusmart.com
100 Cities program: http://100cities.asu.edu
Decision Center for a Desert City: http://dcdc.asu.edu
WaterSim: http://watersim.asu.edu
Sustainable Cities Network: http://sustainablecities.asu.edu
MIT Senseable Cities Laboratory: http://senseable.mit.edu
Copenhagen Wheel http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/ratti-copenhagen-1216.html
Copenhagen Wheel Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5k25-hHNrc
Cisco Connected Urban Development: http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org
Urban EcoMap: http://www.urbanecomap.org
IBM Smarter Cities: http://www.ibm.com/smartercities
World Bank’s Global City Indicator Facility: http://www.cityindicator.org
One Planet Living: http://www.oneplanetliving.org
Monash University Sustainability InstituteFebruary 10, 2010