The URBIS Partnership Proposal for Global Designation Christine Alfsen UNESCO, New York Office Laura Dickinson UNESCO, New York Office Keith G.. Tidball Department of Natural Resou
Trang 1The URBIS Partnership Proposal for Global Designation
Christine Alfsen
UNESCO, New York Office
Laura Dickinson
UNESCO, New York Office
Keith G Tidball
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
The URBIS Partnership Proposal
The URBIS Partnership is proposing a designation process to recognize urban regions’ efforts to engage in participatory, inclusive, and comprehensive approaches in urban planning for sustainability Through this process, sustainable management practices would be developed and then cataloged for sharing and dissemination as part of a site-based global knowledge network The URBIS Partnership is inviting expertise in fields including urban
ecology, environmental education, policy, and urban planning to develop this process Currently, urban regions involved include
Stockholm, Montreal, Shanghai, Cape Town, Chicago, Istanbul, New Orleans, and New York This effort will culminate in the establishment
of the URBIS Partnership with the CBD Global Partnership of Cities and Biodiversity and other collaborators at the City Biodiversity Summit at Nagoya, Japan, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention
on Biological Diversity.
Proposed Designation Approach
Main Concepts:
References
1 Urban Biosphere and Society Partnership of Cities, editors: Christine Alfsen, Benjamin Lane, Melody Corry Available at:
http://www.nyas.org/Publications/Annals/Detail.aspx?cid=98a460be-79fc-4310-95bd-55b83691b101
2 UN University Institute of Advanced Studies, “Defining an Ecosystem Approach to Urban Management and Policy Devel-opment” available at: http://www.ias.unu.edu/binaries/UNUIAS_UrbanReport1.pdf
3 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Article 2, available at: http://www.cbd.int/convention/articles.shtml?a=cbd-02
4 “Solving the Puzzle: the Ecosystem Approach and Biosphere Reserves” adopted by the Conference of the Parties of the CBD, available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001197/119790eb.pdf
5 The Introductory Notes from the Norway/UN Conference on the Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity
6 Man and the Biosphere (MAB) and Seville Strategy, available at: http://sovereignty.net/p/land/mab-sev.htm
7 Elmqvist T., C Alfsen, J Colding J (2008) Urban Systems pp 3665-3672 in Jørgensen, S.E and Fath,, (ed) Encyclopedia
of Ecology 5ElsevierOxford
CBD Convention of the Parties (COP 10) City Biodiversity Summit in Nagoya (Oct 2010) and Beyond:
Identify stakeholders and determine value added by proposed designation
Propose and discuss designation process Establish the science to policy partnership Develop the roadmap forward
VISION
Urban regions as sustainable social, cultural, and ecological systems contributing to equitable access to ecosystem services production, distribution, and consumption
MISSION
1 Recognize and promote comprehensive sustainability
efforts
2 Increase the resilience of urban social, cultural, and ecological
systems
3 Improve equitable terms of access
to and management of resources
4 Promote adaptive governance
APPROACH:
To collaborate on a designation that urban regions can achieve through:
1 Platforms for local and international connections, education,
and communication
2 A framework for designation to recognize urban regions who meet
international standards
3 Knowledge sharing of best practices and scenario building
VALUE PROPOSITION:
Benefits of investing include:
1 Global recognition and international visibility for sustainable
urban planning
2 Increased quality of life for residents and improved performance
on environmental indicators
3 Enhanced global competitiveness and leadership in the green economy
4 Tools for multi-scale planning and adaptation to environmental changes
Informed by local and global challenges Driven by internationally
agreed development goals
Adapts the ecosystem
approach to urban
landscapes Uses a collaborative management, multi-scale, and multi-disciplinary
approach Builds on innovative local technical and scientific expertise Locally led and
implemented Driven by science, both peer-reviewed and community-based Provides tools for building resilience and adapting to global environmental
change
Conduct Inventory of activities, plans and concerns SWOT Analysis
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Upon competition, City becomes an URBIS Partnership Participating City.
Set Overall Vision and Goals Assess and Prioritize areas of concern related
to social- ecological urban practices
Develop Comprehensive Plans according to Tiers 1 and 2 Identify
financial, educational, technical requirements and partners
Implement Plans using financial, educational and technological assistance
and resources available.
Evaluate Progress and Determine Next Steps Upon review, city becomes
assessment
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TIER 4 TIER 5
Current Partners Also Include:
Urban Forestr
Urban Forestr
www.UrbanEE.org
.www.cityfarmer.info
www.cubaagriculture.co
New York 03/2010
New York 03/2010
Nagoya 05/2010
Nagoya 05/2010
Cape Town
Cape Town
Urban Biosphere and Society UNESCO Conference 2003
Urban Biosphere and Society UNESCO Conference 2003
Cape Town 10/2009
Cape Town 10/2009
Copenhagen 12/2009
Copenhagen 12/2009
Paris 01/2010
Paris 01/2010
Curitiba 01/2010
Curitiba 01/2010
DIVERSITAS Climate Change Year of Biodiversity
UN Habitat World Forum
CBD in cities
Million Trees
COP 10- Nagoya City Biodiversity Summit
10/2010
COP 10- Nagoya City Biodiversity Summit
10/2010
Stockholm Resilience Center Urban Network (2007)
Stockholm Resilience Center Urban Network (2007)
The Urban Biosphere Network 2008
The Urban Biosphere Network 2008
URBIS Partnership Designation
URBIS Partnership Designation
Cities and CBD
World Expo
MAB 1970
MAB 1970
Chicago New York Shanghai
Orleans
New Orleans
Network 2009
The URBIS Network 2009
Rio 03/2010
Rio 03/2010
Shanghai 10/2010
Shanghai 10/2010
New York 03/2010
New York 03/2010
Nagoya 05/2010
Nagoya 05/2010
Cape Town
Cape Town
Urban Biosphere and Society UNESCO Conference 2003
Urban Biosphere and Society UNESCO Conference 2003
Cape Town 10/2009
Cape Town 10/2009
Copenhagen 12/2009
Copenhagen 12/2009
Paris 01/2010
Paris 01/2010
Curitiba 01/2010
Curitiba 01/2010
DIVERSITAS Climate Change Year of Biodiversity
UN Habitat World Forum
CBD in cities
Million Trees
COP 10- Nagoya City Biodiversity Summit
10/2010
COP 10- Nagoya City Biodiversity Summit
10/2010
Stockholm Resilience Center Urban Network (2007)
Stockholm Resilience Center Urban Network (2007)
The Urban Biosphere Network 2008
The Urban Biosphere Network 2008
URBIS Partnership Designation
URBIS Partnership Designation
Cities and CBD
World Expo
MAB 1970
MAB 1970
Chicago New York Shanghai
Orleans
New Orleans
Network 2009
The URBIS Network 2009
Rio 03/2010
Rio 03/2010
Shanghai 10/2010
Shanghai 10/2010
For more information, please contact:
Christine Alfsen : c.alfsen@unesco.org
Laura Dickinson: l.dickinson@unesco.org
Million TreesNYC, Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecology:
A Research Symposium
March 5-6, 2010
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