The document discusses the evolution of cities from early nomadic tribes to modern urban areas and outlines 6 converging global crises: population growth, water scarcity, species extinction, oil depletion, food insecurity, and climate change. It then introduces the biocity model, which views the city as an ecological system and aims to design urban areas that are resilient, carbon neutral, and interact symbiotically with their surrounding bioregions. The biocity approach assigns economic value to natural capital and aims to develop self-sufficient local resources through cradle-to-cradle processes.
25. Between 1995 & 2005, the urban
population of developing countries
grew by an average of 1.2 million
people per week, or around 165 000
people every day. UN Habitat
46. AVERAGE NATIONAL WATER FOOTPRINTS
[water sourced externally as %]
2842Kl /yrUSA
20.2%
11.8%
2315 Kl /yrAUSTRALIA
10%
CHINA 1071Kl /yr
76.9%
JAPAN
1379Kl /yr
68.8%
GERMANY 1426Kl /yr
GLOBAL 1385Kl /yr
Data Source:
2011 Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) National water footprint accounts: the green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption, Value of
Water Research Report Series No. 50, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands.
60. Global Building Datascape
40%of global energy [including embodied energy in materials]
40%demolition and construction waste makes up landfill
32%of the world’s consumed resources
Green Building Australia 2010
19%of global electricity lighting consumes
40% emissions generation and single largest
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions
61. LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS
CHEMICALS
PETROL FOR VEHICLES
JET FUEL PARRAFIN FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING
DIESEL FUELS
LUBRICATING OILS, WAXES, POLISHES
FUELS FOR SHIPS, FACTORIES, CENTRAL HEATING
BITUMEN FOR ROADS AND ROOFING
C1 to C4 gases
C5
- Cg
naphtha
C5
- C10
petrol (gasoline)
C10
- C16
kerosine (paraffin oil)
C14
- C20
deisel oils
C20
- C50
lubricating oil
C20
- C70
fuel oil
> C70
residue
600°C
270°C
170°C
120°C
BOILER
CRUDE
OIL
20°C
CRUDE OIL
PRODUCTS
62.
63. OIL DEPLETION
OCEAN SURFACE
DEEP OCEAN
ATMOSPHERE
RESPERATION
BURNING
CO2EXCHANGE
DEEP CIRCULTIONSINKING SEDIMENT
PHOTOPLANKTON
WEATHERING RUNOFF
SOIL & ORGANIC MATTER
GREEN HOUSE GASSES
VEGETATION
ROCK FORMATIONSEDIMENTS &
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
COAL
OIL
GAS
BURNINGFOSSILFULES
BURNINGFOSSILFULES
DECAY
70. CITIES NEED TO ADAPT TO
CONVERGING CRISES
TO DEVELOP RESILIENCE
THROUGH BIOMIMICRY BY
BORROWING THE SYSTEMS AND
PROCESSES OF NATURE
71. Next Generation CitiesLow Carbon ∙ Smart Cities ∙ Habitat Creation ∙ Public Transport ∙ Local Production ∙ Industrial Ecology ∙
Social Networking ∙ Pedestrian Focus ∙ Green Buildings ∙ Density Local Employment ∙ Resource Efficiency
Low Carbon Smart Cities Habitat Creation Public Transport Local Production Industrial Ecology
Social Networking Pedestrian Focus Green Buildings Density Local Employment Resource Efficiency
73. p.55
III
Top Countries with Installed Renewable Electricity by Technology
Solar PV (2006)*
å Germany
ç Japan
é U.S.
è Spain
ê Italy / Netherlands
Biomass (2006)
å U.S.
ç Brazil
é Philippines
è Germany /
Sweden /
Finland
Geothermal (2006)
å U.S.
ç Philippines
é Mexico
è Indonesia / Italy
CSP (2006)
å U.S.
ç Spain
Wind (2006)
å Germany
ç U.S.
é Spain
è India
ê Denmark
Hydropower (2005)
å China
ç U.S.
é Canada
è Brazil
ê Russia
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75. 51%of the renewable energy in
Germany is owned by citizens
and farmers, not energy
companies
76. “The Australia cleantech sector
boasts revenue of $29 billion a year
and employs 53,000 people”
Making it larger than Australia’s Automotive industry and one
quarter the size of the country’s entire manufacturing sector
!
!
Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, 18 March
78. WATER SUPPLY CITY SEWERED CITY DRAINED CITY WATERWAYS CITY WATER CYCLE CITY
BIONIC
CITY
Cumulative Cultural Drivers
System Advancement
Water
Supply
access &
security
Public Health
Protection
Flood
Protection
Social, amenity
environmental
Protection
Limits on
natural
resources
Intergeneratio
nal equity,
resilience to
climate
change
Supply
Hydraulics
Separate
sewerage
schemes
Drainage
channelisation
Point &
diffuse
source
pollution
management
Diverse, fit-for-
purpose
sources &
conservation,
waterway
protection
Adaptive,
green
infrastructur
e & urban
design
Data Source:
After Brown, Keath and Wong (2009) Wat. Sci. & Tech.
59:5, 847-855
80. ANTHROPOCENTRIC CITY MODEL - CITY DIVORCED FROM ECOLOGY
natural capital and waste have negligible economic value
81. Wetland/Savanah Biotope
Forest Biotope
Tundra Biotope
Urban Biotope
- Self contained ecoogical unit
- carbon release and sequestration
- renewable energy driven
- uses bio-economic model
that assigns value to natural capital
- cradle to crade processes
- interacts with adjacent biotopes
in mutually benficial relationship
Ocean Biotope
BIOCITY MODEL
city as ecological suprasystem - an urban biotype
82. HEALTH
HUMANITY
CULTURE
EDUCATION
CONSULTATION
DESIG
N
HERITAGE
BIO
CAPACITY
LANDCLEARED
SPECIESEXTINCTIONFRESHWATER
SPECIESEXTINCTIONTERRESTRIAL
VEGETATIONCOVER
BIO
REG
IO
N
S
COMMUNITY REVEGETATIO
N
LAND NIATIONAL PARKS
LAND RESTORED
SPECIES DECLIN
E FRESHWATER
SPEC
IES
D
EC
LIN
E
M
ARIN
E
SPECIESDECLIN
ETERRESTRIAL
REMINANT HABITAT
ECOLOGICALSERVICES
PARKS
AND
OPEN
SPACES
ECONOM
IC
VALUE
OXYGEN
WILDERNESS
PHARMACEUTICALS
BIODIVERSITY
BIOCAPACITY
LANDCLEAREDSPECIESEXTINCTIONFRESHWATER
SPECIESEXTINCTIONTERRESTRIAL
VEGETATIONCOVER
BIO
REG
IO
N
S
COMMUNITY REVEGETATION
LAND NIATIONAL PARKS
LAND RESTORED
SPECIES DECLINE FRESHWATER
SPEC
IES
D
EC
LIN
E
M
ARIN
E
SPECIESDECLINETERRESTRIAL
REMINANT HABITAT
ECOLOGICALSERVICES
PARKS
AND
OPEN
SPACES
ECONOM
IC
VALUE
OXYGEN
WILDERNESS
PHARMACEUTICALS
BIODIVERSITY
OIL
ELECTRICTY
OZONE
NATURALGAS
ENERGY
NATURALGASEXPORTS
ENERGYUSENATURALGAS
RESERVES
O
IL
EXPO
RTS
OILIMPORTS
OILPRODUCTION
SPECIESDECLINEFRESHWATER
OILPROVIDEDRESERVCES
NATURALGASEXPORTS
ENERGYUSENATURALGAS
RESERVES
O
IL
EXPO
RTS
OILIMPORTS
OILPRODUCTION
SPECIESDECLINEFRESHWATER
OILPROVIDEDRESERVCES
OIL
ELECTRICTY
OZONE
NATURALGAS
ENERGY
COMMODITY
LABOR
TAX
GROWTH
EM
PLOYM
ENT
DEBT
INFLATION
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G
DP
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PU
RC
H
ASE
INDUSTRYINDUSTRY TERTIARY
LABORINDUSTRYPRIMARY
LABORINDUSTRYTERTIARY
LABORINDUSTRYSECONDARY
CENTRALBANKDISCOUNTRATE
CHILDRENINJOBLESSFAMILIES
COM
M
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ASE
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ERCIAL
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PLOYM
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PEAK PHOSPHOROUS
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M
ILITARY
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GOVERNMENTSPENDING
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ARTS
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LANGUAGES
SPOKEN
LITERACY
TOALPOPULATION
SCHOOLLIFEEXPECTANCYFEMALE
SCHOOLLIFEEXPECTANCYMALE
LIETRACY
FEM
ALE
LITERACYFEMALE
FUNDINGPRIVATEEDUCATION
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R
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PUBLICHEALTHFUNDING
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LIFEEXPECTANCYATBIRTHMALE
LIFEEXPECTANCYATBIRTHTOTALPOPULATION
M
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N
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FUNDING
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ALE
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FUNDINGPRIVATEEDUCATION
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M
ALN
U
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N
LEVELS
INDIGENOUS
M
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ADULTPREVALENCE
RATE
HIV/AIDSDEATHS
AIV/AIDSPEOPLELIVEINGWITHHIV/AIDS
HEALTH
HUMANITY
CULTURE
EDUCATION
CONSULTATION
DESIG
N
HERITAGE
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPORT
ROBOTICSARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE
FIBREOPTIC
QUANTUM COMPUTING
IT
AIRPORTS
PU
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TRAN
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MERCHANTMARINECAPACITY
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PU
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MERCHANTMARINECAPACITY
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TRAN
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TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPORT
ROBOTICSARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE
FIBREOPTIC
QUANTUM COMPUTING
IT
DWELLING
URBAN
STRUCTURE
BUILDINGS
PUBLICREALM
INFERSTRUCTURE
TYPE FREESTANDING HOUSES
SLUM
POPULATION
TENURE
RENTERS
LONEPERSONHOUSEHOLDS
TYPE FREESTANDING HOUSES
TYPE APARTMENTS
RATIO
AVERAGEAGE
AVERAGEPERSONA/HOUSEHOLD
SIZE
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VACANCYRATEINDUSTRIALURBANISATIO
N
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PUBLICREALM
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ATER
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