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Sustainable city development & vital systems under pressure – the need for a systems perspective in our cities
This session offers insights from Europe (Rotterdam/Amsterdam) and the US on sustainable city development in connection to vital systems in cities. Vital Systems refer to the systems in the human body that are vital for survival. The city too has such vital systems: energy, mobility, water and health. Until recently, these systems were more or less taken for granted: they are there, they work, we can connect infrastructures without further ado. Unfortunately, that no longer appears to be true. Vital systems are cracking on all sides and are therefore increasingly determining what (new) development is possible in the city.
Presenters
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Geiske Bouma, TNO Vector Geiske Bouma is Senior Researcher in the field of Urban Planning and Governance Innovation. Her projects are focused on urban, spatial and environmental planning and the policy interface. The working field she is focused on is the connection of urban planning in relation to the mobility and energy transition gearing towards climate neutral and smart cities. She combines this with supporting policy development on the local, regional and national/EU level. Geiske is active in several European projects aimed at climate neutrality: NetZeroCities, MOVE21 (hubs for people and goods), ATELIER (positive Energy Districts). |
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Maarten Claassen, City of Amsterdam I am a connector and booster of the sustainable city. I work from an overview perspective. Looking for boundaries around social impact. Content-driven by sustainability and climate change. Working creatively and purposefully on complex issues. Innovating and directing within an environment that is always moving. And continuing to learn and develop from that delivers social impact. That is what I stand for. My roles are: innovative and creative coordinator, strong in strategy and organisational development, organiser and moderator. |
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Nico Larco, Urbanism Next Center / University of Oregon Nico Larco, AIA is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Oregon where he is the Director of the Urbanism Next Center and Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Institute. Prof. Larco assists cities and projects with future-proofing, has run workshops and charrettes nationally and internationally on this topic, and is currently coordinating work in this area with various municipal and state agencies across North America and in Europe. He also recently published the Sustainable Urban Design Handbook - available here: https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Urban-Design-Handbook/dp/1138945692. |
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Marije ten Kate, Municipality of Rotterdam Marije ten Kate is head urban planner at the municipality of Rotterdam since 2013. She has extensive experience in urban development, infrastructure planning and spatial strategies. Marije is fascinated by the ways big technical and environmental transitions are changing the way we live in cities fundamentally. Since 2017 she’s working on the #Nexcity program to explore better ways to relate to these transitions from a city perspective. Before working for the municipality as a city planner, she worked i.a. as an urban designer and architect. Marije is a graduate of Delft University of Technology. |
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