On the Path towards Smart Mobility: the Journey of three Forerunner Cities Eindhoven, Manchester and Stavanger

Within the European Smart Cities and Communities Project - Triangulum (SCC1), focus areas have been selected for their transformation into living labs in the three cities, Eindhoven (NL), Manchester (UK) and Stavanger (NO). In Manchester it is a 2 km spine referred to as “The Corridor” that is home to two of the UK´s largest universities and one of the largest medical research campuses in Western Europe. In Eindhoven the former Philips industrial complex in the “Strijp-S” and the Eckart Vaartbroek neighbourhoods have been chosen for the implementation of the planned activities and in Stavanger the focus area is the Paradis/Hillevag district. These areas will be transformed into sustainable living environments during the course of the project, which started in February 2015 and will reach completion in January 2020. The aim is for them to become well-connected low carbon areas, which shall be reached by implementing clean technologies as well as innovative and alternative mobility concepts. Understanding the city context, their approach, as well as the challenges the cities have faced in the implementation, is the basis for initiating a replication process of similar projects not only in the Triangulum Follower Cities but in any other city willing to invest in the field of sustainable and future-oriented mobility. This paper describes the Triangulum Lighthouse Cities’ journeys to becoming a reference for smart mobility

City Lab Lisbon - Development of a smart roadmap for the city of the future

Lisbon is a city with more than half a million inhabitants and one of the most touristic capitals in Western Europe, constantly trying to find ways to deal with challenges in a smart and sustainable manner. How to turn Lisbon into a more inclusive, connected, and resilient city going into the future, is the question that researchers in the Fraunhofer project, Morgenstadt, are trying to solve. Lisbon has developed a city development strategy for the next decades, defining goals that aim to create more employment, attract more people and to become a more liveable city. This last goal does not only include the improvements in living standards of citizens, but addresses topics such as new mobility concepts, renewal of old buildings, increased energy efficiency, among others. All this can be fostered by using more participative approaches and an extensive exploration of the local resources to stimulate the economy and incentivize local innovation. The question that arises is how to get there? How to make Lisbon a more liveable and attractive city not only for tourists but especially for its citizens and workers? This paper is based on an interdisciplinary project in the form of a so-called “City lab” that began in September 2015 in the context of the ongoing long-term research project called “Morgenstadt: City Insights” initiated by the Fraunhofer Society. This paper therefore first provides a general introduction into the smart city concept (chapter 2) and an overview over the initial position of Lisbon in this regard (chapter 3). In a next step, the research methodology applied in the City Lab will be outlined, dividing the analysis process (chapter 4) and the project development process (chapter 5). In the following the results of the city lab Lisbon will be presented. While the first part of results concentrates on key outcomes such as the sensitivity analysis and exemplary sector specific results (chapter 6), the second part will provide an overview over the developed projects to foster a smart and sustainable development of Lisbon (chapter 7). According to the identified challenges and opportunities in chapter 6 that reveal a good level of smartness among the different sectors, the projects presented in chapter 7 will specifically address the strengthening of interdisciplinary and cross-department as well as cross -stakeholder cooperation, which has been identified as Lisbons key challenge

Using Nature-Based Solutions to Create more Climate-Resilient, Green and Livable Mediterranean Cities: Experiences from Castellón and Cannes

Cities around the world are undergoing significant transformations and are facing substantial challenges in the form of urban densification and extreme weather conditions due to climate change and ongoing urbanisation. Nature-based solutions (NBS) present an approach to address urban challenges through working with nature in order to achieve ecological and resilience objectives, whilstconcurrently creating opportunities for social and economic innovation. UNaLab is a project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, which aims to create a framework for implementation, demonstration and future upscaling of nature-based solutions in three demonstration cities (Tampere, Eindhoven and Genova), as well as for the replication of the solutions in seven replication cities: Basaksehir, Cannes, Castellón de la Plana, Prague, Stavanger, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong. As part of this project, the cities of Cannes (France) and Castellón(Spain) have been working towards a NBS roadmap using different co-creation formats. In a weeklong on-site process, the current state of the urban systems regarding NBS in the city was examined and suitable intervention areas and project ideas were identified and co-developed together with various city stakeholders to enhance the cities’ resilience and climate change adaptation potential. Amongst others, the interventions include the creation of green-themed corridors, the strengthening and revitalization of remaining urban agricultural land, the design and implementation of (circular) water retention systems or the renaturalization of existing rivercourses. Being Mediterranean cities, Cannes and Castellón face similar challenges and opportunities in terms of city greening and urban planning, which will be discussed in this paper. A presentation of the outcomes, impacts and experiences on how NBS are contributing to initiating a positive transformation process and the creation of livable, healthy and feel-good placeswill also be given

Civil society participation in solid waste management: The success story of a strategic partnership in Mozambique

Most of the municipalities in Mozambique were created only in 1998 as part of a general decentralization process. Solid waste management was established as one of their obligations and continues to be a challenge for the young local administrations. Limited financial resources, coupled with a lack of qualified employees, generally leads to poor management of Sanitation Services. This was the case in the touristic city of Inhambane, where the local community, affected by the poor services, decided to address the problem. A community association was formed to assist the Municipality in dealing with the environmental problems caused by growth in the tourism sector. Since 2007, Inhambane has seen the benefits of a partnership that aims to achieve environmental, social and financial sustainability through a full restructuring of the current SWM system. This paper describes the way the partnership was established, the various challenges the association has faced and the positive results that have been achieved so far

Designing Waste Management Systems in the City of The Future

Each year people on the planet produce tons of waste. The more urbanised a country is, the more residues it produces. Its management is one of the most expensive services to municipalities and in many countries, it is still one of the main concerns. Many environmental and health problems are associated with poor waste management practices and the absence of circular economy approaches. Moreover, traditional waste management systems are designed from a waste production perspective. The process is focused on the collection of the produced waste, system coverage of it across the urban territory and its expansion. The prevalent way of thinking is still: out of sight, out of thought. Fewer efforts are put into transforming solid waste management in the direction of having a material or resource flow. Often municipalities work in silos and for this reason, solid waste is regarded as an independent process, acting on its own, designed and operated individually. Although there are many overlaps that the operation can have if it is planned in an integrated manner. The paper presents solid waste management (SWM) regarding this integrated perspective, highlighting the synergies that could be achieved with other sectors such as mobility and logistics. It describes what can be understood under material circularity from an SWM perspective and how the principles and ideas described in the paper can be integrated into the urban planning of future cities ensuring that the waste is handled as a valuable resource