Task 4: Sustainable Urban Planning

1. BEST PRACTICES IN
CALVIA, SPAIN
BY
SITI SALBIAH BINTI ISMAIL
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MAYA SAFITRI SURATMAN
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NUR IMANI YUSOFF CHEAH
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3. BACKGROUND
1) Calvià is a municipality on the western side of the island of
Majorca with a coastline of 54 km of which two thirds has been
built upon.
2) In peak season, the population more than trebles with 170,000
visitors, attracted chiefly by the sun and the beaches.
3) There are a further sixteen coastal settlements each with more
than 1000 inhabitants. Nevertheless, Calvià also has rich and
scenic natural protected areas covering 69% of the municipality.

5. ENERGY
The experiences of several
municipalities that are forerunners
of a new energy model based on
renewable energy and energy
efficiency were showcased.
The island of El Hierro and its
hydro-wind power plant, the 100%
renewable Barcelona municipality of
Rubi or Calvia, in Mallorca, show
that it is possible.
the city of Calvia has already
installed photovoltaic panels on
many of its public buildings and
promotes energy efficiency criteria
through tax incentives

6. ENERGY

7. GEOGRAPHY
1) Calvià is to be found on the occidental side of the island
of Mallorca, next to the Sierra de Tramontana.
2) The land that is good for building properties on is very limited.
 geographically speaking, as it is a peninsular with various humid zones
both to the east and to the west (salty earth of Magalluf, of
Palmanova and that of Santa Ponsa) which in a way is the cause of
the narrowing similar to an isthmus which closes to the north.

8. ECONOMY
Tourism
1) one and a half million of visitors each year
2) more than 120.000 beds, 44.000 in the number of hotels, 16.000
in apartments and 60.000 touristic resident
3) 853 taverns and restaurants as well as 1.145 businesses
4) second place amongst the municipalities with the most Blue Flags
of the state
5) The beach of Palmanova holds a majority in services, for which it
was given the award of quality Q, being the only one in all the
Balearic Islands to have such an honour.

10. TRANSPORT
1) The motorway Ma-1 or Autovía de Poniente (Autovia de
Ponent in Catalan) is the most important route of communication
that unites the different urban areas with Palma de Mallorca and
Andratx.
2) This main motorway runs through the municipality and divides it
into two very different zones.
 The northern part is rural and agricultural and
 the southern part touristic and urban.
 The distance by road from the town of Calvià to the center of Palma is about
20 km.
3) The only bus station of the municipality can be found in Palma
Nova; it is popularly known as the 'intercambiador'. The afore-
mentioned building, as well as, being a bus stop it is also used for
a variety of municipal offices.

11. ENVIRONMENT
1) “Calvià for Excellence” Programme
 Improve the environment.
 Reorganize the flow of visitors.
 Reclaim the coastal area and clear out the huddled town center.
 demolishing hotels that were offensive to the environment.
2) Calvià: Local Agenda 21
 to slow down the tendencies, uses and procedures that have a negative
bearing on the coastline
 conduct programmes for the restoration of the coastline
 promote awareness, harmonise key public and private activities

12. LOCAL AGENDA 21
1) Calvià has been using Local Agenda 21 in this way for more than
ten years.
2) Specific examples that have been conducted as a result of the
development plan:
 that the system of sand retention has been changed. Now, in winter-
time, seaweed is no longer collected from the beaches which presence
acts to protect the beaches from erosion during storms.

13.  12.75 ha. of wetland are being restored and integrated into
surrounding areas to help protect endemic Limonium spp.

14.  Calvià re-cycles 60% of its wastewater to gardens, agriculture
and golf-courses. There is a full monitoring programme for
the 34 beaches; the eleven urban beaches are checked weekly,
the rest once every two weeks.

15.  Implementation of an environmental manager system and an eco-
label for hotels and apartments to raise their standards.
 based on the efforts being made by hoteliers towards
implementation of sustainable policies by reducing
environmental impacts and actively participating in the
community.

16.  Another initiative involves giving financial help for equipment
to businesses which take part in the twice annual beach clean-
up in which 500kg of tourist waste is regularly collected
before, and after, the tourist season.

17. 3) Climate Change
 Calvià is already promoting several initiatives to face climate
change by reducing CO2 emissions.
 For example:
solar energy is used for street lighting reducing emissions
from this source by 15%. The ambition is to raise this to 60%.
There are plans to produce 300,000 Kw/h electricity a year
through public installation of solar energy.
There is also an initiative in which four schools involving 400
children and 30 staff are participating in an environmental
action plan improvement scheme for their schools.

19. EFFECTIVENESS OF LA21
 Calvià has turned around its mass tourism image from one of
environmental degradation to one of environmental sustainability in
under fifteen years.
European Prize for Sustainable Cities awarded by the EC
‘’Best Practice’ in localising agenda 21 in 1998.
Green Globe Award from the World Travel and Tourist Council.
World Summit Business Award for Sustainable Development
Partnership from the UN for the reduction and re-cycling of waste.
Eight of its beaches have received a ‘Blue Flag”. It won the
QualityCoast Award in 2007 and 2009.