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Urban environmental acupuncture for improving the sustainability of dense city areas – Polish experiences from the SALUTE4CE project

Stangel Michał

Architecture Civil Engineering Environment

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2023

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Vol. 16, no. 1

15--27

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The idea of urban environmental acupuncture postulates, that in areas with no space available for green spaces, sustainability and climate resistance can be improved by small green spots in key locations. The project SALUTE4CE established pilot environmental acupuncture strategies in Central-European cities. The author was responsible for elaborating an Action Plan for the functional area of Chorzów, Ruda Śląska and Świętochłowice, Poland. The project aimed at finding spots with potential outcomes in terms of sustainability, reducing urban heat islands and improving comfort and quality of spaces, with nature based solutions: from planting climate resistant vegetation and restoring biodiversity, through improving local retention, to green roofs or vertical walls. The concept assumes, that acting in many small places can bring synergic effects and contribute to urban regeneration. Four pilot spots have been constructed so far, and other interventions shall be realized in the coming years. So far the project results have been disseminated in project documents and reports. This paper aims at a summary of project experiences and perspectives in regard to participating Polish cities.

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Sustainable Development Goals – Quo Vadis, Cities of the World?

Venkatesh G

Problemy Ekorozwoju

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2021

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Vol. 16, nr 1

171--179

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The United Nations unveiled a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015, with 169 targets and a little over 230 indicators. This was a sequel to the Millennium Development Goals whose remit ended in 2015. Challenges lie ahead for governments around the world – national, provincial and municipal – to adapt the targets and indicators to effect a meaningful transition towards sustainable development by 2030. Cities are where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost – they contribute 80% of the global GDP, and account for 70% each of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. With over two-thirds of the global population likely to live in cities by 2060, this is more than a cliché. A clutch of sustainable cities makes a sustainable province; a clutch of sustainable provinces makes a sustainable country, and it follows that several sustainable countries learning and sharing and helping other countries, will make for a sustainable world in the 21st century and further on into the future. While moving forward, trade-offs and complementarities must not be forgotten. Often, there are serendipitous benefits when complementarities which exist are not factored in, but the trade-offs if forgotten may end up robbing Peter to pay Paul. Despite the interregnum brought about by the Corona Virus pandemic in 2020, the world will be getting up, dusting itself clean and moving ahead in the next decade towards the SDGs set for year-2030.

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Organizacja Narodów Zjednoczonych we wrześniu 2015 r. uchwaliła zestaw 17 Celów zrównoważonego rozwoju (SDGs), obejmujących 169 podcelów i nieco ponad 230 wskaźników. Była to kontynuacja Milenijnych Celów Rozwoju, których misja zakończyła się w 2015 r. Władze na całym świecie – krajowe, prowincjonalne i miejskie – stoją przed wyzwaniem, aby dostosować cele i wskaźniki, aby dokonać znaczącego przejścia w kierunku zrównoważonego rozwoju do 2030 r. Miasta odgrywają kluczową rolę w bitwie o zrównoważony rozwój – niezależnie czy zostanie ona wygrana czy przygrana – bowiem tworzą 80% światowego PKB i odpowiadają za 70% globalnego zużycia energii i emisji gazów cieplarnianych. Ponieważ do 2060 r. ponad dwie trzecie światowej populacji będzie mieszkać w miastach, jest to więc oczywiste. Grupa zrównoważonych miast tworzy zrównoważoną prowincję; Grupa zrównoważonych prowincji tworzy zrównoważony kraj, a wynika z tego, że kilka zrównoważonych krajów zdobywających doświadczenie, udostępniających je innym krajom oraz pomagających im, stworzy zrównoważony świat jeszcze XXI wieku i dalej na przyszłość. Idąc naprzód, nie można zapominać o kompromisach i komplementarnościach. Często pojawiają się nieoczekiwane korzyści, gdy komplementarność, która istnieje, nie jest uwzględniana, ale kompromisy, jeśli zostaną zapomniane, mogą skończyć się okradaniem Piotra, aby zapłacić Pawłowi. Pomimo bezkrólewia wywołanego pandemią koronawirusa w 2020 r. świat będzie się podnosił i posuwał naprzód w kierunku Celów zrównoważonego rozwoju wyznaczonych na rok 2030.

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The problems of spatial planning and natural determinants of urban development – the case of Powiśle in Warsaw

Koszewska Joanna, Kuzak Łukasz

Journal of Water and Land Development

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2021

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no. 50

1--9

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This research examines the relationship between urban planning and environmental conditions. As urbanisation processes increase the density of the built-up tissue of cities, this process puts a lot of pressure on land and natural resources such as rivers and soil. This article aims to verify whether environmental risks (e.g. flooding) and land protection from them is sufficiently addressed in the examined spatial policies and strategies. This problem can be observed in the Powiśle district of Warsaw where buildings are constructed in the proximity of the unregulated Vistula River and that is why there is the direct risk of flooding. It is done despite the lack of legally binding Master plans which would consider the natural risk. The literature research on the Municipality-led spatial planning policies and documents was completed with qualitative interviews with key actors in this process (planners: the authors of Master plans under construction, regarding the area of Powiśle South and North). Main designers and team members were asked about the priorities of these plans as well as their dynamics (taking more than ten years to establish those plans). An environmental analysis was conducted in the GIS mapping system of many databases. The comparison of both aspects of current development, formal urban planning and environmental protection was made in an interdisciplinary approach. The study presents an analysis of the situation for urban planning along with flood maps and other environmental conditions. The results show the lack of necessary alignment of environmental issues with the planning documentation and strategies.