Breeding Urban Sustainability

Lessons from quantitative benchmarking of 114 European cities with nearly 100 indicators

ProjectleaderProf. Kees ZoetemanTelos, Tilburg University,zoeteman@uvt.nlwww.telos.nl

Millennium Talks: Smart & CleanFrom New Energy to Business23 May 2016,Espoo, Finland

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1.What is unique about the Telos monitor?

2.What are general lessons from the monitor?

3.What are the biggest strengths of the Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa region and where can it further improve?

Urban sustainability monitoring: the Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa challenge

What is unique about the Telos monitor?

Ø- Ecological, social and economic aspects are included;Ø- All indicator values are assessed using a uniform sustainability frameworkexpressing scores as % of sustainability goal achievement (distance to target);Ø- First study based on such a wide variety and large number of indicators (~100);Ø- First study benchmarking so many EU cities (114), with a wide variety of sizes(50.000 till >2 million inhabitants) and typologies, spread all over Europe;Ø- The database allows for studying cross-sectoral relationships.

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What are general lessons from the monitor?

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City Total score Ecologicalscore

Socio-culturalscore

Economicscore

Espoo 65.0 63.5 66.5 65.0Copenhagen 63.9 62.8 62.7 66.0Stockholm 63.8 60.8 67.0 63.7Munich 63.6 61.6 67.7 61.5Helsinki 63.2 58.7 64.7 66.0Luxembourg 62.9 54.5 70.3 64.1Linköping 62.9 65.6 63.8 59.3Umeå 61.9 70.6 61.9 53.1Tampere 61.8 66.9 65.2 53.4Nuremberg 61.6 61.5 64.1 59.3Innsbruck 60.9 58.6 62.3 61.6Hamburg 59.3 60.6 57.0 60.3Oulu 58.9 64.4 61.7 50.6Frankfurt 58.5 59.8 57.2 58.6Vienna 58.4 58.6 56.0 60.5Freiburg 58.3 62.3 58.6 54.1Amsterdam 58.1 58.0 55.4 61.0Nijmegen 57.6 57.5 57.5 57.8Malmö 57.3 61.0 56.7 54.2Munster 57.1 61.7 57.4 52.2Espoo, 23-May-16

City Size and Sustainability score

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•What are the strengths of Espoo and

the Helsinki region and where can it further improve?

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Helsinki & Espoo compared to Stockholm

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Education

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Helsinki & Espoo compared to Copenhagen

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Helsinki & Espoo compared with the Baltic Capitals

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Stock scores Espoo & Helsinki vs Scandinavian average

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Conclusions1. Highest sustainability scores in Espoo, Stockholm & Munich2. Sustainability scores of EU cities vary widely (North-South)3. Population size, demographic dynamics, geographical region,

typology (e.g. agricultural, industrial) and competitiveness (e.g. labor productivity) were found to be important determinants of urban sustainability performance.

4. Espoo-Helsinki-Vantaa is a top sustainability region in the world (others are Copenhagen, Stockholm, Munich)

5. Recycle economy, energy transition, air quality and arts&culture

6. It has to pioneer further advancements7. This requires a more detailed analysis of interactions within the

region to detect developmental chances See interactive website www.sustainablecitiesbenchmark.eu

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www.sustainablecitiesbenchmark.eu

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