POCACITO – Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow– Foresight for Sustainable Pathways towards Liveable, Affordable and Prospering Cities in a World Context

 

POCACITO – Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow– Foresight for Sustainable Pathways towards Liveable, Affordable and Prospering Cities in a World Context

The
 project
 POst‐CArbon
 CIties
 of
 TOmorrow
 –
 foresight
 for
 sustainable
 pathways
 towards
 liveable,
 affordable
 and
 prospering
 cities
 in
 a
 world
 context
 (POCACITO)
 will
 develop
 an
 evidence‐based
 2050
 roadmap
 for
 EU
 post‐carbon
 cities.
 POCACITO
 facilitates
 the
 transition
 of
 EU
 cities
 to
 a
 forecasted
 sustainable
 or
 “post‐carbon”
 economic
 model.


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POCACITO facilitates the transition of EU cities to a forecasted sustainable or “post-carbon” economic model. The project focuses on towns, cities,megacities,metropolitan areas and urban clusters larger than 1 million people as well as small and medium-sized cities. POCACITO’s approach uses participatory scenario development as a mutual learning and living lab environment strategy.

The project recognises that post-carbon city transitions should improve urban resilience to fluctuating environmental and socio-economic pressure. Pressure in this context includes long-term changes in urban resident demographics, city and rural migration patterns, and potential city health concerns. Further, POCACITO develops innovative long-term outlooks for European post-carbon cities to address climate adaptation and urban environmental metabolism concerns by using a participatory city case study approach. Case study cities include Barcelona, Copenhagen/Malmö, Istanbul, Lisbon, Litomerice,Milan/Turin, Offenburg and Zagreb. These cities will develop qualitative post-carbon visions with local stakeholders. Visions will be chosen based on selected best-practice measures and preliminary city assessments.

Accompanying studies will yield a typology of post-carbon cities and a post-carbon city index. A “market place of ideas” will spread best practices from other EU cities and global cities in global emerging nations, allowing an international exchange of urban best practices. Related research will produce case study city roadmaps and an evidence-based 2050 roadmap for post-carbon EU cities within a global context.

Ecologic Institut Gemeinnützige GmbH (Germany)
Aarhus University, Centre for European Policy Studies, Ecologic Institute, Energy Cities, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Inteligência em Inovacão, Centro de Inovaco, Istanbul Technical University, Joanneum Research, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Politecnico de Torino, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, UNDP Croatia, Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Project start year: 2014
Project end year: 2016

This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological
development and demonstration under grant agreement no 603218.

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