VITORIA-GASTEIZ, SPAINEU BEST PRACTICE

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

By:

NURUL SYAZRINA BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN (A133675)

FATIN NUR NADZIRAH BINTI MOHD IBRAHIM (A132302)

NURUL SYAFINA AUNI BINTI SAMAD (A132101)

CONCEPT OF EU BEST PRACTICE

Best Practices are promoted and used as a means of: Improving public policy based on what works, Raising awareness of decision-makers at all levels and

of the public of potential solutions to common social, economic and environmental problems,

Sharing and transferring knowledge, expertise and experience through networking and learning.

INTRODUCTION

Vitoria-Gasteiz, which is a capital of the Basque Country, in northern Spain

It is one of Europe’s cities with the largest proportion of green areas per inhabitant, approximately 45m2 per person. (Javier Maroto, Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz)

Vitoria-Gasteiz is a medium-sized city: the municipality comprises the urban area, with a population of 235

445, plus 64 small, rural hamlets in the surrounding countryside.

The city is surrounded by a large area of agricultural land and natural vegetation, with the mountains and forests.

The tradition of careful urban planning has made Vitoria-Gasteiz as a compact and well-organized city.

good cooperation from the residents is important in keeping Vitoria-Gasteiz green.

WHY IS VITORIA-GASTEIZ SPECIAL?

Vitoria-Gasteiz is one of Europe’s greenest cities, in more than one sense.

It has over 10 million m2 of parks and green spaces, and its flagship Green Belt project has attracted international recognition.

Vitoria-Gasteiz builds on the experience of over three decades of environmental planning.

Victoria-Gasteiz has been awarded the European Green Capital Award, 2012.

The aim of the award is to promote urban sustainability and the sharing of best practices between cities.

The city where green is capital> Strategic urban

planning,> Strong citizen

involvement,> Balanced

management of the environment

Preserve the landscape and the

heritage> Vitoria-Gasteiz’s

network of gardens, walkways and Green Belt parks and the

forthcoming declaration of the

Vitoria Mountains as a natural park have become the city’s

signature.

Conscious city folk

>The Action Pelan, 2012 which involving

all sorts of civic organisations (schools,

community and professional

associations, etc.), citizens and industry

in the city’s environmental

projects.> It is also a socially

sustainable city, where the welfare of

citizens and their quality of life are

considered key issues.

SMART MOBILITY Vitoria-Gasteiz, a pedestrian-scale compact

city, has a long track record in developing and implementing policies for achieving a sustainable City that offers a high quality of life for its citizens.

For many years the City has a strong commitment towards environmentally-friendly (and healthy) mobility through ongoing investment in pedestrian areas and cycle lanes

PEDESTRIAN In Vitoria-Gasteiz (27,580 ha), over 80% of the City’s

inhabitants are employed within the municipal boundaries and walking is the most popular means of travel.

There is ongoing investment in the provision and maintenance of sidewalks, boulevards and cycle zones

Four out of five residents employed within municipal boundaries just walking that the most popular way of getting around.

The latest mobility survey revealed that nearly 50% of all journeys are on foot.

As much as 25% of the city is reserved for pedestrians, with 33 km of pathways within the city and 91 km across the Green Belt.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

More effective transfers between lines, there are a range of supporting measures, including bus lanes, queue jumpers, traffic-light priorities and new platforms

This result passenger numbers have rocketed with a 45% increase in the number of trips per month.

The speed of the services has improved by 14.5% and fuel consumption has been reduced by 6% since the new bus network was launched

Current Public Transport Network uses, 17 vehicles E5, 22 E4, 22 E3, 20 E2 and 6 E1. The network is completed with 12 tram convoys

Bicycle•Bicycle use is increasing steadily and has risen from 1.4% in 2001 to 3.3% in 2006, with an average of 18,000 daily trips. •There are nearly 97km of urban bicycle infrastructures and a further 91km of cycle and pedestrian paths across the Green BeltBicycle infrastructure (2010). Red lines are the bicycle network and orange ones correspond to low-medium traffic streets. Red points show the bicycle parking infrastructure. Blue boxes locate the Public-Bike stations

EDUCATIONAL

The city council has, for over a decade, been implementing an annual programme of education and

Awareness-raising activities for sustainable development. They reach out to the entire population,

Not just children, aiming to encourage action and prepare citizens to change their behaviour

Green Belt in environmental education

The Green Belt has been the focus of numerous educational and awareness-raising initiatives.

Over 88 000 people took part in activities organized in and around the different parks and green area

Wetlands teach the importanceof biodiversity

• In July 2009, the city authorities opened the Ataria Interpretation Centre in the Salburua Wetlands, which provides a recreational and educational focus point.• The centre aims to increase environmental awareness among visitors

Agenda 21 for Schools The signing of the Ålborg

Charter in 1995 and of the Local Agenda 21 in 1998 led to the implementation of the Local Agenda 21 for Schools

The schools an essential tool in building awareness among future generations

Training for green jobs• The Environmental Studies Centre was set up at the end of the 1980s with the initial task of providing postgraduate trainingfor ‘environmental technicians’.

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT For several years, Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council

has been working to achieve acceptable air quality levels throughout Vitoria-Gasteiz, to minimize the negative impacts of air pollution on health and the environment

Then promote the reduction of greenhouse gases and to support the council's climate change protection programme.

Initiatives on mobility to improve the traffic

flow and to avoid traffic jams

Controlling of industrial emissions

Installation of a network of ambient air

quality monitoring stations

Development of protocols to alert the

publicabout any abnormal increase in pollution

levels

City Council Effort To Maintenance Of Air Quality

Effective Air Quality

Management System

Air quality monitoring

Sources as transport

Fossil fuel use in industry

Emissions invent

Heating systems

Air Quality Manageme

nt Plan

Install solar panels to produce

domestic hot water (DHW)

Launch an emissions

inventory data base of potentially

air-polluting industries

Establish the network of air

quality monitoring

stations

Develop and implement an

awareness raising

campaigns on the air quality impact

Establish a bicycle

loan service

Implement efficient driving courses aimed at

administration staff and

public

Bring on flexible fuel vehicles in municipal

fleets

Use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

Introduce cleaner fuels for

transport

Change fuels for cleaner ones,

such as natural gas

INDUSTRIAL CITY Grew prosperous on the

aeronautics, energy and machine tool industries

Company occupy more than 9.5 million m2 of the municipality

Jundiz business park - one of the largest corporate estates in the north of the Iberian Peninsula.

Attracting a wide range of companies to its technology park and research centres.

EFFICIENT ECOSYSTEM

Made a real progress in recovering biodiversity

Restoring many of the city’s damaged ecological and landscape – The Green Belt Project, the creation of the Bosques de Europa Botanical Gardens and the opening of the Ecological Gardens

More than 12000 schoolchildren and hundreds of adults joined ‘Adopt a tree and grow with it’ campaign, planting over 40, 000 trees and bushes

ENERGY CONSUMPTION Reduce energy consumption - rationalizing energy use Using more efficient

technologies - district heating, micro-cogeneration Promote renewable energy

sources - solar power, geothermal systems, wind farms, biogas from urban waste Adopted a Climate Change

Prevention Strategy in 2006 - cut emissions by 16% by 2012 Long-term aim - carbon-neutral zone

WATER EFFICIENCY Successfully coping with water scarcity Steadily decreased its water consumption

over the last decade Set up a citizen’s water information office Two key aspects are the gradual

separation and return to the natural environment of clean water that currently runs into sewers, and the reuse of dirty water, especially for irrigation and cleaning public spaces

VITORIA-GASTEIZ GREEN CAPITAL (VGGC 2012)

Themes: 1. Involving society2. Showcasing the

city and its initiatives

3. Reflecting on the city: space and opportunities

4. Disseminating the Green Capital idea and its values

TOP EVENTS VG2012 Opening – to launch the European

Green Capital in the year of the Rio+20 Summit European Green Capitals 2014 event –

designating the future award-holders Green Cycle Tour – 10 people will visit 25

European cities in July 2012, including Stockholm, Hamburg and Nantes: Green Capitals in 2010, 2011 and 2013

Green Night 2012 – live music, exhibitions, plays, slow food and much more to celebrate around the city centre

Closing Event – to thank all those involved and sum up achievements throughout 2012

CONCLUSION

How European were

struggling find more

environmentally friendly ways to

conserve and preserve the

Earth or specifically

their country.

The city authorities have been

sharing their experience in developing sustainable

environments for their

habitants.

A good alternatives that can be extract into our country.

From this light research, we could see;

Vitoria-GasteizThe end