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- 1. Future City Mega Issues Environment
- 2. The environment will save itself
- 3. Environment: Greenhouse Global temperature risen by ~ 0.9 degrees since industrial revolution Why this matters? More extreme storms More droughts More heatwaves Wind & flood damage Damage to vegetation, city amenity, public health More blackouts and deaths amongst vulnerable
- 4. Environment: Greenhouse Global temperature risen by ~ 0.9 degrees since industrial revolution Why this matters? More extreme storms More droughts More heatwaves Wind & flood damage Damage to vegetation, city amenity, public health More blackouts and deaths amongst vulnerable It’s Local Government that wears the cost of climate change adaptation.
- 5. Too hot…. Four Degree Increase in 86 Years - as tracking with Australia’s 5% target - from 9 to 21 days of over 35 degrees (avge) - 50% less rainfall. - Sea level up 1.1 metres -- Zero snow cover - Rapid species loss -- Refugees up 250m - ‘Harvesting’ of frail - Riots - Blackouts and high energy costs – Loss of business revenue City of Melb $9m day -And more… Urban Heat Island – up to 7 degree difference
- 6. City design to adapt
- 7. City design to adapt
- 8. Environment: Greenhouse Past 5 yrs Reduced by 31% 16 to 11 tonnes greenhouse pa Saving over $400K pa in energy costs 1.26m tonnes emitted collectively by MV community. 7.3 tonnes per capita Council emissions Community emissions It appears we’ve peaked in MV Very rare – due to little industry World’s largest per capita emitter . (28t per person) 15th largest total emitter in world Australia total 538m tonnes pa (103% of 1990)National emissions
- 9. Environment: Greenhouse Past 5 yrs Reduced by 31% 16 to 11 tonnes greenhouse pa Saving over $400K pa in energy costs 1.26m tonnes emitted collectively by MV community. 7.3 tonnes per capita Council emissions Community emissions It appears we’ve peaked in MV Very rare – due to little industry World’s largest per capita emitter . (28t per person) 15th largest total emitter in world Australia total 538m tonnes pa (103% of 1990)National emissions However on track for 4 degrees climate change To keep it to 2 degrees will stunt GDP growth by 1-5% by 2050 (however our global incomes will have doubled by then)
- 11. City design to adapt
- 12. Environment: Water Reduced by 53% since 2001 (374 ML in 01/02 to 175 ML 11/12) Reduced stormwater pollutants by 10% (rain gardens & wetlands) Reduced by 35% since 2001 (13,327 ML in 01/02 to 8625 ML 11/12) Council water use Community Water use Source 63 ML from stormwater. (Up to 7000 ML available) 12 year millenial drought was “the driest multi-year period on record, ..also by far the hottest” (BOM)
- 13. Lost… Efficient Appliances - save A$3.2 billion (A$2.7b by households). Saved 13.5m tonnes of greenhouse gases. Shade Tree– if none, $8000+ less value Food– throw out $2000yr of edible food
- 14. City design to adapt
- 15. Pobblebonk mating call: from 800m to only 14m… 1 to 2 species extinct each year. Over 35% threatened. We only know of 1.5m out of 5m species. Habitat destruction vast – land use vital Colony collapse disorder: impacting food security and species Brown butterfly emerging 10 days earlier due to higher temps Species extinction
- 16. City design to adapt
- 17. Air pollution Still so unknown and unregulated - outdoor air pollution is carcinogenic to humans - 2 million premature deaths worldwide -pesticides, dry cleaning, diesel, fire retardants, coolant, etc - plastics -autism, developmental delays, cancer, heart attacks, asthma
- 18. Trees help 418 street trees in Flemington - remove 177kg of air pollution - hold 421 tonnes of carbon - slow down 122m3 of stormwater
- 19. City design to adapt
- 20. Environment: Waste 2012- Moonee Valley households generated 43,000 tonnes of waste The rest Recycle (Yellow) & Garden (Green) bins (23,000 tonnes)46% is diverted from landfill due to recycling 2003/04 just 15% diverted -Landfill levies -Revenue from selling recyclables
- 21. Environment: Waste 2012- Moonee Valley households generated 43,000 tonnes of waste The rest Recycle (Yellow) & Garden (Green) bins (23,000 tonnes)46% is diverted from landfill due to recycling 2003/04 just 15% diverted -Landfill levies -Revenue from selling recyclables 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Tonnes(millions) Recovered (actual) Landfilled (actual) Total generated (strategy) Landfilled (strategy) Total generated (business as usual)
- 22. Resources are limited (and so is space)
- 23. City design to adapt
- 24. City design to adapt
- 25. Emerging Economy New types of jobs and business needing different land uses, built form, infrastructure, communication and design
- 26. Service Plans Should they also address these gaps? 1. Climate Change – more extreme storms, more heat waves, more extended droughts 2. Emerging economy and services - different jobs and industries and supporting needs 3. Emergency Impacts – more pandemics, flooding, riots 4. Technology advancements - ‘virtual care’, driverless cars, adaptable homes, crowd-sourcing data 5. Contamination - Land contamination and air pollution – identification and clean up 6. Community activism – seeking more knowledge, input, transparency, and urban action