The city, our greatest invention, will be at the center of solutions to global warming, public health, and economic development. The most recent U.N. IPCC report makes this clear: “Urban areas represent 67-72% of global emissions… How new cities and towns are designed, constructed, managed, and powered will lock-in behavior, lifestyles, and future urban GHG emissions.’’ Urban communities can lead in a bottom-up process that may be even more impactful than top-down government action. The City Science Summit explores a data-driven model for developing urban interventions that could dramatically reduce emissions while improving the quality of life and economic opportunities for residents. Deploying a high-performance model for cities at scale has become a societal imperative.
We explore this future in two parts:
Part 2:
Planning for a future Kharkiv and Ukraine: Anticipating the post-war reconstruction and regeneration of cities in Ukraine, Lord Foster, through the Norman Foster Foundation, is leading a team of local and international experts creating the future masterplan for the city of Kharkiv. The request for his intervention came directly from the Mayor of Kharkiv via the United Nations in Geneva where Lord Foster heads out the UN Forum of Mayors. The importance of Master Planning to combat climate change and anticipate the long-term future of cities is championed by the UN and has been the subject of an address by Lord Foster to the General Assembly in New York. Kharkiv, heavily damaged by the war with Russia, creates a compelling opportunity to create a new vision for cities in the future, bringing together the best of the past with powerful new technology and design concepts. In this context, we outline an evidence-based planning and system integration process, with a new Science Neighborhood in Kharkiv as a case study. We will present concepts for a community unconstrained by legacy infrastructure with an emphasis on low-carbon communities, innovation, livability and public health, equity, and the Science Neighborhood framework.
Featuring: Kent Larson and Norman Foster, Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Olga Demianenko, Manuel Cendoya, Diego Lopez Urruchi, Luis Alonso, Ronan Doorley, Jacopo Buongiorno, Ed Glaeser and Voices of Ukrainian CItizens.
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