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TRANSITION TOWARDS A POST-CARBON CITY: ISTANBUL 2050 VISION AND ROADMAP
Tüzin BAYCAN Istanbul Technical University
POCACITO Final Conference “Post Carbon Cities of Tomorrow – Building An Urban Long Term Vision Together” 21 October 2016, Brussels, Belgium
One of the most prestigious capitals of the ancient and modern world 8.500 years of history Capital of three empires: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman
Istanbul is located in the heart of the world Two billion people live within a six-hour flight of Istanbul Istanbul is the world’s 5th global leading hub
The European Capital of Culture (2010) 9th Cosmopolitan City in the World
(The Ultimate Urban Guides, 2014)
14th Global City in Night Life Attractions
(Cities Journal, 2014)
11th Global City in Europe
(A.T.Kearney, 2014)
A dynamic modern metropolis with 14.4 million population Fastest growing destination city in Europe 12.6 million international visitors in 2015
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
GDP per capita in Istanbul
GDP of Istanbul
Istanbul’s Economy > more than 130 countries
FOREIGN TRADE
foreign trade volume in Istanbul
Istanbul’s foreign trade accounts almost half of Turkey’s total
companies dealing with international trade in Istanbul
EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE
ISTANBUL: Key Performance Index
Positive Trends ¡ Increase in social performance ¡ The advantage of being the economic center of Turkey,
increase in economic performance
Negative Trends ¡ Data collecting and access problems ¡ Urban sprawl ¡ Traffic jam and long travel time ¡ Population increase and migration ¡ Decrease of air quality ¡ Urbanisation pressure on natural protection areas
ISTANBUL 2050 Post-Carbon Vision
¡ VISION:
¢ 'A dynamic, innovative, self-sufficient, sustainable city having high
level of life quality and good governance that able to compete at the global level’
¡ CRITICAL SECTORS:
quality of life governance environment and natural resources energy global competitiveness
TARGETS AND MILESTONES
2020:
¡ Reorganizing the transportation system and managing ¡ Expanding the public transportation network, implementation of
planned railway system
¡ Generating a sustainable urban inventory and sharing with
public (social, economic, environmental data)
¡ Creating a city information system ¡ Developing an energy master plan, increasing renewable energy
resources and integrating them to the daily life
¡ Preparing an economic vision plan
2025:
¡ Consensus of stakeholders on valuable natural resources ¡ Determining of action plans and targets for energy master plan,
developing framework for legal governmental regulations
2040:
¡ Planning for accessible city and implementing the plan
TARGETS AND MILESTONES
2050 TARGETS:
¡
Being among the top 10 in international quality of life indexes
¡
Decreasing the crime in the city to a minimum level
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Increasing the quality of inner and outer space
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Increasing coordination between central and local governments
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Participation of citizens in all processes
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Determining current problems
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Determining strategies focusing on solving problems
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Determining usable natural resources
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Integration of build and natural environment
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Protecting ecologically and biologically important areas
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Giving the status of 'protection forest' to all forest areas in Istanbul
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Sustainability in water supply and sewage management
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Renewable technology for natural resources usage, transportation, buildings and industry
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Energy efficient society - Zero CO2 emissions
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Efficient use of energy - electricity, water, gas -
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Unrivalled in global competition
LESSONS LEARNED – CRITICAL ISSUES
City Stakeholders: ¡ High participation rate, enthusiastic involvement, open to learn from other cities Representation: ¡ They did not represent their institutions but they participated as individual
experts.
¡ Stakeholders’ statements do not mean any official response. ¡ They are not decision-makers.
BUT,
¡ City stakeholders requested the results of the POCACITO Project in order to
consider in their institutes’ strategic plans.
Described Targets: ¡ City stakeholders had difficulties in thinking the long-term targets and milestones. ¡ They focussed mainly on the short-term targets. ¡ This short-term orientation also depends on the dynamics of the city and the
uncertainties that they usually face.
¡ Istanbul is a primate city. Central government is very dominant and most of the
cases the decision is taken from Ankara.
CRITICAL ISSUES FOR A LONG TERM VISION
City size matters ¡ Megacities have at least 10 million population and managing
megacities is more challenging
¡ Internal and international migration ¡ More people, more problems ¡ More megacities: more poverty, more disease, more inequality ¡ Unsuitable infrastructure (transport-logistics) for growth Efficiency comes with scale
¡ Less base infrastructure per person ¡ Net positives because of their densities
Megacities are emerging economies ¡ 40% - 50% of the income of their countries ¡ Megacities determine the future of innovation
CRITICAL ISSUES FOR A LONG TERM VISION
Future Estimations ¡ By 2030 the world will have 41 megacities ¡ 24 will be in Asia ¡ Two-thirds of their population will be poor Global urban culture is shifting EAST THE WAY FORWARD ¡ Transition from megacity towards global city
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