Greater Than Parts : A Metropolitan Opportunity
Globally, cities are the source of over 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Cities are also the engines of the global economy, concentrating more than half the world’s population, and they are where the middle class is rapidly...
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okr-10986-348202021-06-17T05:11:34Z Greater Than Parts : A Metropolitan Opportunity Mehrotra, Shagun Lewis, Lincoln Orloff, Mariana Olberding, Beth Mehrotra, Shagun Lewis, Lincoln Orloff, Mariana Olberding, Beth METROPOLITAN COORDINATION URBANIZATION CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CITY SCALE INTEGRATED PLANNING URBAN PLANNING POPULATION DENSITY DECARBONIZATION CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Globally, cities are the source of over 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Cities are also the engines of the global economy, concentrating more than half the world’s population, and they are where the middle class is rapidly expanding. Indeed, by the year 2050, two-thirds of the world will be urban, with cities accommodating an additional 2.5 billion people over today’s total. Nearly all of this urban growth will occur in developing countries. This concentration of people and assets also means that the impacts of natural disasters, exacerbated by the changing climate, may be even more devastating, both in terms of human lives lost and economic livelihoods destroyed. These effects will disproportionately burden the poor. Earth is on a trajectory of warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius unless important decarbonizing steps are taken.Often urban policymakers prescribe integration as the solution to steering urbanization towards decarbonization to achieve greater global and local environmental benefits. However, little is known about the struggles—and successes—that cities in developing countries have in planning, financing, and implementing integrated urban solutions. The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas. From this analysis, the report derives models, poses guiding questions, and presents three key principles to provoke and inspire action by cities around the world. 2020-11-30T16:36:40Z 2020-11-30T16:36:40Z 2020-11-13 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/905511605294062645/Executive-Summary-and-Synthesis-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34820 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy |
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METROPOLITAN COORDINATION URBANIZATION CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CITY SCALE INTEGRATED PLANNING URBAN PLANNING POPULATION DENSITY DECARBONIZATION CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION |
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METROPOLITAN COORDINATION URBANIZATION CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CITY SCALE INTEGRATED PLANNING URBAN PLANNING POPULATION DENSITY DECARBONIZATION CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Mehrotra, Shagun Lewis, Lincoln Orloff, Mariana Olberding, Beth Greater Than Parts : A Metropolitan Opportunity |
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Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than half the world’s population, and
they are where the middle class is rapidly expanding.
Indeed, by the year 2050, two-thirds of the world will be
urban, with cities accommodating an additional 2.5 billion
people over today’s total. Nearly all of this urban growth
will occur in developing countries. This concentration of
people and assets also means that the impacts of natural
disasters, exacerbated by the changing climate, may be even
more devastating, both in terms of human lives lost and
economic livelihoods destroyed. These effects will
disproportionately burden the poor. Earth is on a trajectory
of warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius unless important
decarbonizing steps are taken.Often urban policymakers
prescribe integration as the solution to steering
urbanization towards decarbonization to achieve greater
global and local environmental benefits. However, little is
known about the struggles—and successes—that cities in
developing countries have in planning, financing, and
implementing integrated urban solutions. The main objective
of this report is to understand how a variety of developing
and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal
integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and
systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater
sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning
processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been
financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan
areas. From this analysis, the report derives models, poses
guiding questions, and presents three key principles to
provoke and inspire action by cities around the world. |
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Greater Than Parts : A Metropolitan Opportunity |
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