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A presentation conducted by Professor Nick Tyler CBE, Chadwick Professor, Civil Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom. Presented on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2013. Brundtland famously said that sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. This seems reasonable enough, but what will be the ‘future generations’ needs? The search for that outcome means a complete rethink of how we think about the infrastructure that supports a city – including the social, as well as the ‘hard’, infrastructure that enables a city to survive. Unsurprisingly many countries and cities are thinking about this problem but the increase in future well being will need new thinking, new approaches and new substance.
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Monday, 30th September 2013: Business & policy Dialogue
Tuesday 1 October to Thursday, 3rd October: Academic and Policy Dialogue
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ENDORSING PARTNERS
The following are confirmed contributors to the business and policy dialogue in Sydney:
• Rick Sawers (National Australia Bank)
• Nick Greiner (Chairman (Infrastructure NSW)
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Future cities: Meeting the Brundtland challenge
Presented by: Professor Nick Tyler CBE, Chadwick Professor, Civil Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom
1909 needs
2013 reality
2113 vision?
How de we think about our city?
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Aspirations
Activities
Mob
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Evolving city
Healthy city
City as public space
Active city
Courteous city
The courteous city • Behaviour change • Improve equity • Design to improve
courtesy
The active city • Has activities and
opportunities • Encourage non-
motorised transport
The healthy city • Positive impact on
health • Minimise the need to
use motorised vehicles
• Clean technologies
The city as public space • Public spaces are
open, available and accessible
• Green spaces • Public space is safe
The evolving city • What will be the
needs in the future?
• Adaptive and flexible design
Ideal city
Let’s start by thinking of wellbeing as the achievement of an improved quality of life
– a function of ‘activities’
A cup …
… holds coffee
The primary function = “to hold coffee”
A secondary function … to be food
= Satisfaction
Use of resources
= Achievement
Aspiration Satisfaction
= Achievement
Aspiration x Use of resources Value
Aspiration is the first step on the path to Wellbeing – so it is at least constant
Value = Functionality Cost Engineering
Psychology Anthropology
Mixed-use zone
‘People centres’
Integrated Transport System
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People
Aspirations
Activities
Wellbeing
Reduce
Decarbonise Exchange
• Location of activities
Land Use Planning
• Planning to ensure people need to travel less
People-oriented Transport
• Discourage private car use
Move from low capacity modes
• Encourage public transport use
Move to high capacity modes
• Improve energy efficiency
Move from High Carbon Impact modes
• Favour modes using hydro electricity
Move to Low Carbon Impact modes
Adaptive Planning
Smart Operations
Energy management
systems
LOV
Public Transport
Freight Transport
Bicycles
Pedestrians
LOV
Bicycles
Freight Transport
Pedestrians
Public Transport
Peds
Bicycles
Public Transport
Freight Transport
LOV
Put people at the apex of the solution
Peds
Bicycles
Public Transport
Freight Transport
LOV
Change the perspective …
… to change the future
