1. Quantitative indicators for sustainable urban development
Workshop hosted by
La Embajada de la República Federal de Alemania en México
and
Centro Mario Molina
21 September 2016
Chris Busch

2. OUTLINE About Energy Innovation and our work Why metrics matter
Some limits
Examples
Discussion

3. About Energy Innovation
Four programs, including urban sustainability

4. About Energy Innovation
Four programs, including urban sustainability

5. 12 GUIDELINES TRANSPORTATION URBAN FORM ENERGY AND RESOURCES
6. NON-MOTORIZED TRANSIT
7. PUBLIC TRANSIT
8. CAR CONTROL
ENERGY AND RESOURCES
9. GREEN BUILDINGS
10. RENEWABLE AND DISTRICT ENERGY
11. WASTE MANAGEMENT
12. WATER EFFICIENCY
URBAN FORM
1. URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
2. TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
3. MIXED-USE
4. SMALL BLOCKS
5. PUBLIC GREEN SPACE
Planning Cities for People
EI Enlightenment Bible

6. OUTLINE About Energy Innovation and our work Why metrics matter
Some limits
Examples
Discussion

7. To separate what’s real from greenwashing
Only 1 in 5 of the 200+ so-called eco-cities in China meets a reasonable definition

8. To push funders to promise better outcomes and to hold them accountable
Over the last decade, World Bank city commitments have doubled to an annual average of $4.11 billion.
Example of World Bank Global Platform

9. OUTLINE About Energy Innovation and our work Why metrics matter
Some limits
Examples
Discussion

10. SOME LIMITS
Indicators focus around physical outcomes. Process is also important!
Some topics are not amenable to metrics (i.e. urban growth boundary)
Evolving science around optimality in some cases.
Still, better to be approximately right than precisely wrong
Portland
Mexico City

11. OUTLINE About Energy Innovation and our work Why metrics matter
Some limits
Examples
Discussion

12. 29% = updated and corrected 2016 data from CMM
Examples from Planeación Urbana Sustentable para la Ciudad de México Transit-oriented development
29% = updated and corrected 2016 data from CMM

13. Examples from Planeación Urbana Sustentable para la Ciudad de México Public Transit

14. Examples from Planeación Urbana Sustentable para la Ciudad de México
Car control

15. Examples from Planeación Urbana Sustentable para la Ciudad de México Access to green space - baseline
Highest value
Lowest value
Mapa de áreas verdes urbanas y áreas de influencia a 350m. Realizado por el Centro Mario Molina, 2016.

16. Examples from Planeación Urbana Sustentable para la Ciudad de México Access to green space - objectives
Mapa de áreas verdes urbanas y áreas de influencia a 350m. Realizado por el Centro Mario Molina, 2016.

17. THANK YOU chrisb@energyinnovation.org www.energyinnovation.org
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18. Planning Cities for People
EI Enlightenment Bible