1. Metropolitan Solutions
Presentation for innovatie-attaché’s
2 November 2016, Carmen Aalbers en Arjen Daane

2. Content presentation One Wageningen approach
Metropolitan issues needing solutions
Propositions Wageningen Research and University
Cooperations
Questions and suggestions

3. One Wageningen Approach
Responsible Director
Bram de Vos
Coordinators: Carmen Aalbers , Arjen Daane, Huub Rijnaarts
Approx. 1.5 million annual strategic investments, multiplied
Cooperation AMS

4. Metropolitan issues needing solutions
mainly Western or high to medium income countries source: London School of Economics

5. Metropolitan issues needing solutions
Quality of life issues,
Scarcity of resources (e.g. phosphates, energy, (clean)water, clean soil, ...),
Pull towards cities & social inequality within urban areas & regions,
Quality of life refugee camps,
Food security, logistics, affordability

6. Metropolitan Solutions Wageningen Research propositions
Design with metropolitan nature
Metropolitan Resource engineering
Economic incentives
Food system design
Offer integrated solutions for sustainable urbanization
Unlocking potential by innovation in interaction
Transition and scenarios
Data and diagnosis

7. Prop. 1/6 Metropolitan Data and Diagnosis
Typology metropolitan areas
Data inventory at mega data level
Green Diagnosis overall level
Deep scans:
Health and liveability;
Climate resilience;
Urban metabolism and resource use
Food security and logistics fresh food

8. Prop. 2/6 Metropolitan Transition and Scenarios
Important trends
Urban transformations and urban growth based on using the natural systems for quality of life
Actor perspectives and strategies for State, Companies, Citizens and NGOs.

9. Prop. 3/6 Metropolitan Nature based Design
At specific scale levels
LIVEABILITY AND HEALTH (healthy mobility and infrastructure-solutions, relaxation, recreation, encounters, cooperation and cohesion, sanitation)
WATER AND HEAT SOLUTIONS: evapo(transpi)ration, shadow, infiltration, retention and storage, new construction types
NUTRIENT FLOWS AND CIRCLES: water purification, recovering nutrients (phosphates, ...)
FOOD security and ecological footprint, logistics

10. Prop. 4/6 Metropolitan Economic Incentives
Based on sustainability perspectives, strategies and typologies
For the STATE, to steer companies and citizens
For COMPANIES: business models
For CITIZENS GROUPS: specific issues countries limiting governing capacities

11. Prop. 5/6 Metropolitan Resource Engineering
Development of new bio-based technologies and materials
Recovery technologies, also linked to sanitation

12. Prop.6/6 Metropolitan Food System Design
Metropolitan Food Clusters
Urban Agriculture
National and international food and trade

13. Metropolitan Solutions Wageningen University propositions
Climate proof
Urban climate
Extreme weather
Flood protection
Blue & green solutions
Reduce fine dust
Street of the future
Modern smart buildings
Low environmental impact building
Bio-based materials
Closing energy, water and material cycles
Green Street
Fresh Air Dry Feet
5 Postdocs
Connect research done
Initiate living labs AMS
Write papers
Young & Angry Core
Food Logistics
Urban Agriculture
Local & social markets
Fresh Food City
Material balances in built environment
Balancing material and organic substances
Organic substance balances
Zero carbon cities
Urban rural interactions
DigIn
City
R-link research with small scale & bottom up initiatives
Citizen Science
Local Initiatives
Smart Inclusive Cities
Circular
Vital

14. Cooperation Areas and Countries China, Mozambique, Colombia, ...
Practically all European countries and capitals
Amsterdam, Rotterdam-the Hague, Eindhoven, etc. in NL
Business: Heineken, AKZO, Liander, Doppelmayr, Rockwool, ...
European and international programs, bilateral cooperations, ...

15. Questions, suggestions?