Presentation of Stefan Niederhafner on Building the future of cities during the event Futures of Cities

1. Building the future of cities
– setting pathways for
sustainable societies

2. Fact 1: World’s population is
growing
Fact 2: We prefer to live in big cities

3. Global urbanization
Source: UN 2014: World Urbanization Prospects, p.7

4. Source: UN Habitat 2018: The World’s cities 2018, p. 5

5. Fact 3: Our societies are not
sustainable
Fact 4: On top of “normal”
problems, we get extraordinarily
warmer climate

6. Result: We need to re-think the
concepts of how we build and
run cities

7. The city-hinterland concept
● Hinterland:
– Food
– Energy
– Building materials
● City:
– Industrial production
– Creative industries
– Education, research, science, culture
– Political, financial, administrative services, including
security

8. Urban
Farming
left: https://www.needpix.com/photo/download/801572/herb-growing-herbs-hydro-system-gift-conservatory-garden-free-pictures-free-
photos-free-images, 2019-12-18
right: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VertiCrop.jpg, VertiCrop System, by Valcenteu, 2019-12-18

9. The centralized services concept

10. Function separation vs. integrated districts
Left: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:A_View_of_Chongqing_Central_Business_District.jpg, 2019-12-18
Upper right: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul_Apartment_Buildings_(1509272335).jpg, 2019-12-18

11. The car-friendly city vs. smart mobility
Source:
https://twitter.com/nisarg_m_mehta/status/642516006833774592?la
ng=ca, 2019-12-18

12. The car-friendly city vs. smart mobility
Left: Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), CC
BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79
626082, 2019-12-18
right:http://www.englishcorp.com/vph0102e/compone
nt/board/board_13/u_image/1260794756_94.jpg,

13. How do you want to live in 2030?

14. Source:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/1_rocinha_favela_closeup.JP
G, 2019-12-18

15. Source: muelo-media

16. Source: https://inhabitat.com/terreform-proposes-covering-nyc-with-
vertical-gardens-urban-farms-to-become-self-sufficient/, 2019-12-18

17. Thank you!
Dr. Stefan Niederhafner
www.Sudeco.eu
Email: sn@sudeco.eu
Questions or comments are always welcome