This document discusses urban green growth, spatial planning, and land use. It describes BuroHappold Engineering as an international engineering consultancy with 40 years of experience operating in 23 locations worldwide and over 1,800 employees. It also discusses the need for urban solutions to address governance, sustainability, sense of place, resilience, and quality of life. The document provides examples of smart city planning in Barcelona that has generated revenue, jobs, and environmental savings through integrated technology and data systems. It notes challenges to overcome include poor city creditworthiness, lack of green growth planning capacity, and lack of engagement from urban investors.

1. COPYRIGHT © 1976-2015 BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
URB A N G RE E N G ROW T H ,
S PAT I A L P L A N N I N G A N D L A N D -
US E
Dr Adarsh Varma
9th & 10th November 2016 – OECD, Paris

2.  BuroHappold Engineering is
an international, integrated
engineering consultancy with 40
years’ experience operating in
23 locations worldwide. We
have over 50 partners and
1,800 employees.
 We understand that urban
solutions need to address and
align city governance,
sustainable business cases, sense
of place, resilience, and quality
of life, as well as future-proofing
city infrastructure.
The Living City
Concept

3. SMART P L ANNING TO C R E ATE VIABLE BU SINE SS
MO DELS F O R G REEN AND P RO SP ERO U S C I TI ES
Technology
integration
Data integration
Procurement
&
Revenue models

4. SMART C I T Y BARC ELO NA – CO MBI NI NG
I NTERNE T AND TELECO MMU NI C ATI O NS
 Single network, tendered by a public-
private partnership contract to a local
telecommunications firm
 Environment - $58 million was being
saved annually from Smart water
technology
 Revenue - $50 million a year was
generated by Smart parking technology
 Growth - 47,000 new jobs through the
Smart City efforts

5. TH ERE ARE U SUAL C H ALLENG ES TO
O VERCO ME
• Poor creditworthiness of cities
• Lack of low carbon/green growth planning capacity
• Influential urban investment community not engaged in forums for green
growth