THE CITY WE ALL WANT Results of Webdelphi Round 1

Prof. James Wright Profuturo - USP

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP - 13th September 2011

Introduction
The strategic vision for SP 2040 WebDelphi SP2040 Round 1 The axes of development

SP2040 WebDelphi - Round 1:

Participation of 279 specialists Academic degree:

Bachelor MBA Master/ PhD Other
Graduation

12,8%

36,0%

31,4%

19,8%

Knowledge on the topic of the questionnaire:

Very high

High

Medium

Low

60,7%
Private

30,7%
University

5,5%
Government

3,1%
NGOs

Professional sector:

57%
Propositions had 80% of approval
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12%

26%

5%

SP 2040: THE CITY WE ALL WANT

Cross Goals
Approximate housing and employment Restore the environmental quality Modernize the urban infrastructure Foster the productivity and competitiveness Promote social inclusion Expand the investment capacity of the city

Structural Axes
Urban development
Strengthen the planning framework and funding of urban policies Promote the functional balance: compact and polycentric urban structure Implement new infrastructure and upgrading the existing

Mobility and accessibility

Promoting the city equivalent (short distances) Incentive non-motorized means of transportation and requalification, expansion and integration of public transport networks Efficient regional, national and international connection (movement people and logistics)

Business opportunities
Favorable environment for business Improve the corporate presence in the city Increase the quality of the human capital Promote the knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship economy

Environmental improvement
Take care of the water and urban rivers Biodiversity and green infrastructure Sustainable management of urban solid waste Control noise and air pollution. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change

Social cohesion
Reduction of social and territorial inequalities Expansion and improvement of public services

Promotion of identity, belonging feeling and memory of the city

General Agreement

Strategic vision
Approximate housing and employment Restore the environmental quality Modernize the urban infrastructure Foster the productivity and competitiveness Promote social inclusion Expand the investment capacity of the city

Agreement rate

Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile

Strongly agree 52% 52% 44% 60%

Agree 35% 35% 29% 42%

Disagree 9% 9% 5% 13%

89% 2.17 Public transport system will offer better efficiency and convenience, connecting several centralities in the city.
93% 2.15 The qualified labour-force is based on a refined educational system from the kindergarten to the university, and on the supply of good-quality cultural, artistic, entertainment and leisure production 93% 2.1 The city in 2040 will assume a polycentric structure, with a metropolitan center and many secondary district and neighborhood centers, interconnected by a wide public transport system. 89% 2.8 Easy and close access to the green areas distributed along the city will be an important determinant for children and adults healthy development.
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General Agreement

Social Cohesion
Agreement rate
Propositions

Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile

Strongly agree 61% 64% 56% 68%

Agree 29% 29% 24% 35%

Disagree 8% 5% 2% 10%

Reduction of social and territorial inequalities Expansion and improvement of public services

100% 6. Quantitative and qualitative expansion of the supply of public services in a degree that meets current and future needs of the population. This requires the building of a good supply of multiple use facilities (diverse public services for all population segments and age groups) and the simultaneous optimization of the existing ones.

100% 8. Incentives to the production and dissemination of artistic and cultural activities in the city, as well as its integration with public Promotion spaces of creative interaction, providing conditions that favor of identity, be cultural expressions, especially of young people from peripheral longing areas. feeling
and memory of the city

General Agreement

Business Opportunities
Favorable environment for business Improve the corporate presence in the city Increase the quality of the human capital Promote the knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship economy
Agreement rate Propositions

Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile

Strongly agree 63% 61% 53% 72%

Agree 29% 34% 20% 39%

Disagree 7% 4% 1% 8%

98% 1. Active policies to promote and strengthen knowledge and technological intensive industries sectors (eg, information technology, life sciences, green economy and creative industries), respecting clear costs and benefits criteria.

100% 4. Reduction in the bureaucracy of opening, maintaining and closing business.

100% 9. Achieving high standards in the qualification of human capital, measured by international exams, proficiency in reading and mathematics comprehension, making them comparable to the rates of developed and balanced cities. The city should also strengthen the teaching of foreign languages.

General Agreement

Urban Development
Agreement rate Propositions

Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile

Strongly agree 63% 61% 53% 72%

Agree 29% 34% 20% 39%

Disagree 7% 4% 1% 8%

Strengthen the planning framework and funding of urban policies Promote the functional balance: compact and polycentric urban structure Implement new infrastructure and upgrading the existing

100% 9. Integrated interventions and risk areas extinction, urban infrastructure implementation, public spaces and new housing areas building, transforming these places into the new neighborhoods of the city.

97%

2. Urban development policy focused on the former industrial areas (which include areas known as brownfields), promoting new green and high-density areas for various income groups. These areas represent great potential for the citys urban renewal, and set up opportunities to integrate the city and its greater population density in the central portions of the city.

97% 6. new infrastructure and renewal of the old ones in order to promote development and life quality in the city.

Environmental improvement
Agreement rate Propositions

General Agreement Strongly agree Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile Agree Disagree

71%

21%

5%

72% 58% 82%

20% 16% 28%

3% 0% 7%

Take care of the water and urban rivers

100%

5. Eliminate the release of waste into water courses. 7. Recovery and conservation in areas of permanent protection of rivers, implementing linear parks.

Biodiversity and green infrastructure

Sustainable management of urban solid waste Control noise and air pollution. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change

100%

100% 96%

11. Elimination of the Municipal Solid Waste in 2040.

12. Reduction around 80% of the vehicle-launched pollutants in comparison to 2010 by the year 2040. 9. Measures to reduce soil sealing, emphasizing mandatory implementation of green trench or porous and permeable paving in parking lots and in open areas.
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96%

Mobility and accessibility

Agreement rate Propositions

General Agreement Average Median 1 quartile 3 quartile Strongly agree 61% 64% 56% 68% Agree 29% 29% 24% 35% Disagree 8% 5% 2% 10%

Promoting the city equivalent (short distances)

Incentive nonmotorized means of transportation and requalification, expansion and integration of public transport networks Efficient regional, national and international connection (movement people and logistics)

5. The network of metropolitan trains is expected to reach the subway standards in the city core before 2020. In its metropolitan portion, the trains will have an important role to connect other municipalities into the metropolitan area. 6. Constitution of a medium-capacity and wide-ranging 100% subsystem (with segregated lanes) that covers the city, adopts clean traction technologies and technology solutions of various kinds, to fulfill the wide range of supply needs.
97% 97%

12. Usage of new transport technologies and traction clean solutions, achieving a radical reduction of fossil emission in the transport system.

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Thank you!
Prof. James Wright jtwright@usp.br

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