Urban sustainability evaluation and innovative urban ecological footprint calculation presentation o

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Urban sustainability evaluation and innovative
urbanecological footprint calculation
presentation of concreteresults from Slovak
cities March 2007

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• About us
• International not-for-profit organisation
• Network of offices
• Implementation of projects
• Grants to NGOs

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Sustainable development of cities and mitigation
of the negative impacts of climate changes on
quality of life and the state of the environment
in cities - UrbEco

• Evaluation of ten selected cities
• New indicators set
• Ecological footprint

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Set of indicators used within the project

• Theme 1 Transport
• Transport situation, Mobility of inhabitants
• Theme 2 Urban design and construction
• Theme 3 Environment, Landscape and Biodiversity
• Quality of the environment, Sustainable use of
  landscape and biodiversity

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Set of indicators used within the project

• Theme 4 Environmental burden and ecological
  footprint
• Contribution of the city to the global climate
  change, Ecological footprint
• Theme 5 Socio-economical situation of the city
• Social situation, Economical situation and
  attractiveness of the city
• Theme 6 - Management
• Environmental and social management of the
  municipality and enterprises, Public
  participation

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Ecological urban footprint calculation

• Summary indicator of city ecological footprint
  was calculated as a sum of partial EF of food,
  shelter, transport and goods and services

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New methodology of urban EF

• The new methodology of urban EF calculation takes
  into account the inner structure of cities and
  towns, including anthropogenic ad natural
  biotopes
• an additional factor is the ecological stability

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Implementation of conclusions in practice

• Introduction of a bag system of municipal waste
  collection and collection of small construction
  waste in Dubnica
• to elimination of the largest heat producer and
  air polluter, the company LEVEN, which has caused
  environmental problems for years in Levice
• Master Plan for transport in Levice elaboration
  which will result in concrete projects in this
  field

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Slovakia www.rec.sk www.rec.org www.udrzatelnemest
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