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E F i h Pl fEuropean Foresight PlatformBrussels, 28 April 2011
EU urban policy context and EU Forward Looking ActivitiesEU Forward Looking Activities
Domenico ROSSETTIEuropean CommissionEuropean Commission
Directorate-General for Research and [email protected]
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Twenty years of history and recent initiativesand recent initiatives
“URBAN” Community Initiative – ERDF (DG XVI – REGIO)“City of Tomorrow” Key Action in FP5 (DG XII – RTD)Urban sustainability in FP6 (DG RTD)CONCERTO and CIVITAS for energy, efficiency, renewables and clean transport (DG TREN)Projects on Cities in the programmes “Environment” and “Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities” in FP7Covenant of Mayors (DG TREN)European Innovation Partnership “Smart Cities”
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Joint Programming Initiative – Urban Europe
European policy context on Cities
“Subsidiarity” and concrete actions
Several Commission DGs interest
European Parliament (MEP constituencies)
Committee of the Regions
Regional and urban representation in Brussels
Pan European city associations
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Pan-European city associations
The urban challenge60% of the world population will live in cities by 203060% of the world population will live in cities by 2030
URBAN
RURAL63%
URBAN37% RURAL
53% URBAN47%
RURAL40%
URBAN63% 47% URBAN60%
1970 2000 2030
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Source: UN-Habitat
MegacitiesUrban population has exploded in several cities since 1950Urban population has exploded in several cities since 1950
1950 2005(millions) (millions)
Seoul 1 23Sao Paolo 2,5 21
Delhi 1.5 20Jakarta 1,5 16
Rio de Janeiro 3 12T h 1 12Teheran 1 12Istanbul 1 11
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Source: Source: Davies / Le Quément
EU Forward Looking Activitieshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/http://ec.europa.eu/research/social sciences/
ForesightForesight
Forecast
Impact Assessment
Horizon scanningg
Technology Assessment
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Assessment
Drivers for research on urban issues
Rapid growth and concentration: Urban population, water needs, energy, traffic, waste,… New emerging evolutions: Mega-regions, urban corridors, city-regions,…Opportunities: Employment and entrepreneurship, access to facilities like school and health, cultural di itdiversity,…Negative images: Pollution, congestion, exclusion, lslums,...
Environment & health and climate change impacts: E i i f b t
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Emerging issues for urban management
Better City, Better life2010 Shanghai World Expo2010 Shanghai World Expo
Cities explaining EuropeCities explaining EuropeRome for the Treaties
Barcelona for the Mediterranean
Copenhagen for EnvironmentCopenhagen for Environment
Maastricht, Schengen, Francfort,…
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Some EU Research projects
SOCIAL POLIS - Social platform on cities and social cohesionCHANCE2SUSTAIN - Urban Chances: City growth and the y gsustainability challenge; Comparing fast growing cities in growing economiesSUSTAINCITY P ti f t i bl iti i ESUSTAINCITY - Prospective of sustainable cities in EuropePLACES - Platform of Local Authorities and Cities Engaged in ScienceScienceGEITONES – Generating interethnic tolerance and neighbourhoods integration in European urban spacesSPREAD - Social Platform on Sustainable LifestylesURBACHINA - Sustainable Urbanisation in China: Historical and
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Comparative Perspectives, Mega-trends towards 2050