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Sustainable Cities: PLUS Network -  Partners for Long-Term Urban Sustainability

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Day / Time Tuesday, June 20th / 16:30 - 18:30


Event Description
Cities copy one another's best ideas. The PLUS Network has pioneered advances to urban sustainability planning by encouraging cities to imagine their future in 100 years instead of the more typical 5-20 year timeframe. The PLUS Network is a peer-learning network of cities from around the world embarking on bringing such ambitious plans into action. In this session, cities and communities using this approach will discuss their key challenges, opportunities and current actions as they plan far beyond the current electoral term.


Session Language

English

French


Speakers

Councillor Linda Fox-Mellway, City of Calgary, Canada

Juan Blanco, Mayor of Chihuahua, Mexico

Mayor Adam Kimbisa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sogen Moodley, Durban, South Africa Salvador Trevino, Matamoros, Mexico Luis Henrique Fragomeni, President of IPPUC, Curitiba, Brazil Alison Dwyer, Adelaide, Australia Salvador Herrera, IMPLAN, Chihuahua, Mexico

 

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Date and time of the session:

Sustainable Cities: PLUS Network-Partners for Long-term Urban Sustainability

International Centre for Sustainable Cities

June 20, 2006 16:30-18:30

 

Key Highlights

  1. Estimated no of participants: 100+
  2. Stakeholder group representation at the event: Local Governments
  3. What were the expected objectives: to share lessons from members of the PLUS Network on how bringing a long-term lens to planning practices helps clarify and motivate cities to implement sustainable practices
  4. What did the networking event achieve: it raised the profile of long-term planning as a vital tool for making urban sustainability a reality

2. What were the core issues identified in your event as they relate to the theme and sub-themes of WUFIII? The main focus of this Networking session was on turning ideas into action. In particular, the discussion centred around how politicians can provide leadership, but ultimately, in order for sustainability initiatives to survive the electoral cycle, support for sustainability must rest with the community.

3. What were the main points raised by panellists and participants in relation to these different issues? What new ideas have been generated as a result of the discussion?

Main points included:

  • The importance of sustainability initiatives being city-led, community owned
  • The importance of leadership
  • The long-term lens giving a different perspective on sustainability- looking out 100 years makes people realise that business as usual is no longer possible; it encourages creative responses to problems; it requires the consideration of long-term trends; by transcending terms of office and short-term budgetary considerations, it allows people to collaborate in creative ways.

4. What process steps have been identified in your event that could help turn ideas into operational reality? The PLUS Network is already turning ideas into operational reality. Cities copy each other and the PLUS Network brings cities together to learn from each others experiences. Members of the Network have sustainability initiatives that they have operationalised already, whether it is Adelaide 's solar powered downtown core, Calgary 's massive public engagement process that brought 18,000 citizens together to develop a 100-year vision for the city, or Chihuahua developing a mobility plan based on the Curitiba and Bogota experiences.

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