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Veolia Environnement SA — Investor Presentation (2016)
16 slides from Veolia Environnement SA's investor presentation, 2016
Slide 1: Creating Resilient Cities in Asia in the 21st Century
CREATING RESILIENT CITIES IN ASIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Terry Mc Gee University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada.
Slide 2: Aims of Presentation
AIMS OF PRESENTATION. 1 Presentation is intended as an ideas piece to provoke discussion on urbanization, trade and environmental change. 2. To introduce four important ideas that aid the understanding of this nexus .U.T.E. - the centrality of the urbanization process - creating resilient and adapti
Slide 3: Idea 1: The Centrality of the Urbanization Process - Demographic Realities
IDEA 1. THE CENTRALITY OF THE URBANIZATION PROCESS. A. DEMOGRAPHIC REALITIES. Need to reformulate ideas of the urbanization process. 1. We now live in an urbanized world.>50%(2008) 2. Proportion of world population living in urban places will reach 70 % by 2050. 3.Most urban increase will occur in d
Slide 4: Idea One: Changes in Urban Space
IDEA ONE: THE CENTRALITY OF THE URBANIZATION PROCESS B.CHANGES IN URBAN SPACE. 1. Changes in the urban system. The growth of metropolitan regions 2. Changes in the spatial patterns within metropolitan regions. 3. The importance of urban margins. 80 per cent of all urban increase in D.C.s over next t
Slide 5: Map of Mega-Urban Regions
Map of Mega-Urban Regions Source: UN 2002; Cartography: SPOHNER Figure 1b Megacities with 5, 8 and 10 million inhabitants in the year 2015
Slide 6: Map of Main Urban Corridors
Map of Main Urban Corridors Figure 7 Urban Corridors, Growth Triangles and Natural Economic Regions in Pacific Asia
Slide 7: Spatial Configuration of Hypothetical Asian Country (Circa 2000)
Figure 9 Spatial Configuration of Hypothetical Asian Country (Circa, 2000)
Slide 8: Spatial Configuration of Asian Mega-urban Region (Circa 2000)
Figure 10 Spatial Configuration of Asian Mega-urban Region (Circa, 2000)
Slide 9: The Policy Context: The Dilemma and the Question
THE POLICY CONTEXT THE CENTRALITY OF THE URBANIZATION PROCESS THE DILEMMA AND THE QUESTION. 1. The Dilemma. Two visions of the development of urban places Developmentalist cities as “engines”of growth Livable and resilient cities as”places for all “. The challenge. Are these two visions capable
Slide 10: Idea 2: Creating Adaptable and Resilient Cities
IDEA 2 CREATING ADAPTABLE AND RESILIENT CITIES. What is the response to this question and dilemma ? 1. The technological solution. The present trend emphasizes the role of technology as the best solution for enabling cities to develop resilience in the face of environmental change e.g urban design.
Slide 11: Local Responses: The Case of Vancouver
IDEA 2 CREATING RESILIENT AND ADAPTATIVE CITIES 2. LOCAL RESPONSES. Responses must also be developed at the city level. The case of Vancouver. 10 point green plan designed to reduce reliance on cars,imported resources and reduce consumption of water, energy and recycle waste.(1) Encourage green ente
Slide 12: People-Led Policies
IDEA 2 CREATING RESILIENT AND ADAPATATIVE CITIES 3. PEOPLE-LED POLICIES. Urban areas cannot be made sustainable unless there is commitment by the government, the private sector and city populations. In the cities of developing countries that are low GHG producers there are already adaptive systems
Slide 13: Idea 3: Building New Types of Urban Government and Governance
IDEA 3 BUILDING NEW TYPES OF URBAN GOVT AND GOVERNANCE The creation of resilient cities needs the development of new forms of government. Abandon 20th century ideas of “top-down”- Policies that were driven by “developmentalism” New institutions that merge government and governance through the partic
Slide 14: Emerging Service Gaps in Suburban and Peri-Urban Area
Figure 11 Emerging Service Gaps in Suburban and Peri-Urban Area
Slide 15: Generalized Model of Processes Operating in Urban Margins
Figure 12 Generalized Model of Processes Operating in Urban Margins
Slide 16: Conclusion: Toward Asian Urban Futures
CONCLUSION.TOWARD ASIAN URBAN FUTURES. 1. Asia at the centre. 2 Future scenarios. ALARMIST.Eco-system breakdown. OPTIMISTIC..Resilience and adaptation 3.Mapping the urban future through new understandings.