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Green Cities Action Manual

How can we make our grey cities more livable for the people and greener for the environment? Green cities are created by breaking up the concrete deserts and densely built high-rise neighborhoods, with a lot more plants in rooftop and vertical gardens, green facades, more street trees, flowers and parks and even green bus stops. We present creative proposals for Green Cities that can be implemented easily, cost-effectively, as low-hanging green fruits. From New York to Singapore, Paris, Hamburg, Utrecht and Milano. Go Green now!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Challenges

2. Facts & Numbers

3. Best Practices

4. Golden Global Champions

5. Action Plan

6. Top Sources & Partners

1 - CHALLENGES

Cities are growing worldwide. Densification is increasing. Less and less space. Pollution and temperatures are increasing. But many cities still lack a grand, creative and world-class green city design.

All over the world more people move to big cities.

This often results in the loss of wasteland and green spaces.

There, living space is in short supply.

Building density is being increased.

Temperatures are rising.

More frequent downpours, due to global warming, causing sewer flooding.

More dust.

Pollution.

Too few recreational areas.

Wildlife suffers as a result, but so do people.

But too many cities still lack a grand, creative and world-class green city design.

What can be done?

Our Green Cities Action Manual provides you with a complete package of novel role models and hidden green champions from around the world. With concrete suggestions for actions.

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2 - FACTS & NUMBERS

Cities function like magnets for more and more people.

There are great options for green livable cities: more trees and parks, rooftop and vertical gardens, green, bee-friendly facades, and bus stops.

4,400,000,000

people or 56 percent live in cities today

8,000,000,000

people or 7 out of 10 will live in cities in 2050

9,000,000

people die every year as a direct result of too much air pollution in the cities

Options for green livable cities

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3 - BEST PRACTICES

All our cities need green oases. New concepts for Green Cities. For the people and the environment. But how? Learn from the Champions Singapore, New York City, Milano, Paris, Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Utrecht, Hannover.

Mission Future presents the global icons of green cities:

Singapore: The Global Garden City

5.6 million people live in the Asian city state of Singapore. On an island half the size of metropolitan London.

Proudly they call it “the Garden City”.

Since 2008, all new buildings must include a green design, weaving nature in, even skyscrapers. They include green roof or vertical gardens, with as many plants as possible.

In addition, many cultivated green spaces, trees and parks give the city a green appearance.

Spectacular green buildings have been created in Singapore:

Marina Bay Quarter

For a city extension called Marina Bay, one of the largest freshwater city reservoirs in the world was created and 250 acres of prime real estate were reserved for the Gardens by the Bay, a “green lung” in the city center.

Jurong Lake District

Slated to be a second business district and home to a new high-speed rail link to neighboring Malaysia.

Bishan Park

Bishan Park is one of the largest parks in Singapore with 150 acres. All parks are gradually connected into a green network. The ultimate goal: 400 miles of walking and cycling paths. “We intersperse parks, rivers, and ponds amid our high-rise developments, providing relief,” says Cheong.

The Pinnacle@Duxton

The tallest public housing development in the world has seven 50-story buildings connected by gardens on the 26^th and 50th floors. There you can even jog around a track, which are also equipped with exercise stations.

What can other cities learn from Singapore?

Its all about the political will and a maximum of creativity.

Often, urban planning policy is still too narrow and not very creative.

More bike lanes and restrictions for cars are not enough.

Too often, the big picture and an overall strategy for a green city are missing.

Livable density with innovative design is the code word.

Creating best quality of life even with land constraints and high-density.

Parks and recreation facilities are prioritized.

A unique mix of green and blue water with ponds or rivers, used for flood-control as well.

The parks are often connected into a network, using many cool bridges. The people can use several hundred kilometers of walking and cycling trails.

Three million trees were planted.

Green buildings with roof gardens are a must.

Green space lost by new buildings is replaced by sky-top greenery with terraces and gardens offering an additional layer of space for recreation and meetings.

Singapore is planning the future green city in one grand design concept.

With convenience, variety, opportunity.

Town plazas, community spaces and fitness areas are integrated to encourage a mix of the people, avoiding dead areas.

The city offers a good mix and easy-to-use access to housing, schools, universities, airport, train stations, public buildings, entertainment, or hospitals and outdoor.

Including cheap and first-class public transport.

Public Housing

Since the new state of Singapore was created in 1965, the founding father of the nation, visionary Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (1959 – 1990), promoted ownership of homes for all citizens. To integrate them and to protect them, even after retirement.

Today 80 percent of the population live in public flats, with one million managed by the Housing and Development Board.

They are sold to citizens with a 99-year lease. The owner can later sublet, sell off or sell part of the lease back to the Board, living on the payment after retirement.

The public flats are well maintained and cost just 20 to 25 percent of income. A range from one-bedroom to multigenerational flats is available. They are modern and green too.

Singapore proves: all cities can be made green and livable.

Equitable access to amenities and as well affordable housing are important.

As well as useful instructions and public-private partnerships combined with creativity and long-term modern planning.

This way cities can forge a stable society with satisfied citizens.

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4 - GOLDEN GLOBAL CHAMPIONS

⭑⭑⭑ Singapore and New York
⭑⭑ Milano, Utrecht, Paris
⭑ Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Hamburg

★★★ Singapore and New York

Singapore ★★★

Singapore is by far the best practice for innovative green cities globally.

By 2030, Singapore aims at reaching 80 percent of the Green Mark, including reducing energy use and carbon emissions. Part of the plan is to go green.

Why is Singapore the Global Champion No 1?

The city planners and politicians all have the political will and a maximum of creativity to make it the ultra-green city of tomorrow.

Benchmark is livable density with innovative design.

Singapore is planning the future green city in one grand design concept. With convenience, variety, and opportunity.

80 percent of the population live in public flats, with one million managed by the Housing and Development Board. They are not rundown, simple, grey and dull, but well done, clean and green. Green make them more livable.

Singapore proves all cities can be made green and livable.

Important are equitable access to amenities and as well affordable housing. As well as capable instructions and public-private partnerships with creativity and long-term modern planning. And the will to go green with a grand design. This way all cities can forge a stable and lucky society.

New York City ★★★

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice has a convincing and innovative green strategy, one of the best globally. It includes:

A first heat resiliency plan. The Cool Neighborhoods NYC is a set of strategies and programs with almost $100 million investments.

More and better parks for all with the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks). Working to advance equity and access to parks, with a goal of 85 percent of New Yorkers within walking distance of a park by 2030. NYC Parks launched the Walk to a Park Initiative.

The Community Parks Initiative (CPI) strengthening the utility of parks and public space in under-resourced and growing neighborhoods. With $300 million invested to rebuild 67 underinvested parks, improving and greening 70 acres of parkland and the quality of life for nearly half a million people who live within a walk of these parks.

The Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) to develop the Forest Management Framework, a 25-year roadmap to restore and take care of the agency’s 7,300 acres of forested natural areas.

The MillionTreesNYC initiative to plant new and care for one million new trees. This initiative expanded the city’s urban forest by 20 percent. Nearly a quarter million new trees have been planted through NYC Parks since 2016. The agency currently plants about 16,000 to 18,000 street and park trees and 16,000 trees in natural areas per year. 850,000 trees are catalogued in the innovative New York City Tree Map.

The innovative High Line Park. A former freight rail line was transformed into a public park on Manhattan’s West Side.

New York has spent $8 billion in constructing more natural systems that absorb, delay, and treat stormwater where it falls (green infrastructure) as well as traditional systems that move stormwater to central treatment (grey infrastructure).

To manage heavy rainfall, the city is constructing over 11,000 new curbside rain gardens, 1,500 greened acres, and has added over 660,000 square feet of porous surfaces to our streets and sidewalks.

★★ Milano, Utrecht, Paris

Milano ★★

Milan has given the world two beautiful, impressive green skyscrapers easy to duplicate. Encompassing 800 trees, 5,000 bushes and 1,500 plants of 80 species.

Every city should now design similar buildings like the Bosco Verticale.

Utrecht ★★

The vision and mission of this Dutch city is impressive. It not only features 300 innovative green bus stops, but focuses on a healthy life in an urban environment. Open-minded for experiments and new ideas.

Paris ★★

33 Parisian companies and public organizations signed the “Objective 100 hectares” charter in 2016. 41 more joined in 2017. They pledged to work with the Paris municipality to develop urban agriculture and vegetation initiatives aimed at planting vines, climbers and shrubs on the roofs, facades and walls of buildings, as well as areas for food production. 75 projects have been promoted in this way.

★ Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Hamburg

Barcelona ★

Barcelona wants to build no less than 503 superblocks (‘superilles’). They combine up to nine blocks of houses. Traffic is limited there. New parks, flowers and trees invite the people.

Düsseldorf ★

41,370 square metres covered with a stair-shaped facade with eight kilometers of 30,000 green hornbeam hedges is Europe’s largest green façade.

Impressive and just in the center- the Kö-Bogen II is a best practice for any city.

Hamburg ★

This German Hanseatic city creates 7,600 square meters of public green and community space. In addition, 1,400 square meters of façade space and an approximately 300-meter-long “mountain path” along the outside will be greened. From a war-time bunker to a green oasis.

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5 - ACTION PLAN

Do not start green cities with bans and restrictions. Start with the ‘low hanging fruits.’ The bureaucratic chains need to be broken and as well the hearts of the people won. Go Green with harmony and use our nine top proposals for action.

What to do?

1. Learn from famous Operah Winfrey:

“Let excellence be your guide!”

Use the wisdom of Polish freedom fighter Lech Walesa:

“You can’t knock down a wall by running your head against it. You have to take it down brick by brick.”

Do not start green cities with bans and restrictions. Aim for harmony and more green spaces.

2. Start with the ‘low hanging fruits.’

Like green bus stops, roof-garden and private green-buildings.

They cost little, do not burden the people and crack the inner wall pro green.

Give Green Cities a chance and a big push.

Love your green spirits.

3. Study and copy the Golden Global Champions.

Start small and think big, like Singapore or New York City.

Start with 1000 Green Roof Gardens

Allow green roof gardens, to use by the people, in your city and change all legal regulations. Give it maximum priority.

This costs you nothing, as house owners will pay for it.

Aim at 1000 new green roofs within five years.

Copy the Utrecht best practice of green bus stops, funded and maintained by the bus stop advertising company for free.

Build an impressive Green Building - like in Milano or Düsseldorf

You can advocate your green city on many levels: as a political initiative. As a government employee. As a politician. Don't wait for others, start yourself.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel locally. Use our Green City Action Box to have a rocket start and waste no time and limited resources.

Find a place and an investor for the green dream and form a consensus with the planning department. Initiate public-private partnerships with creativity and long-term modern planning.

Set an ambitious but realistic and creative green city goal - like Singapore or New York City

A Grand Design Green City 2030

Your benchmark is livable density with innovative design.

Plan your future green city in one grand design concept.

With convenience, variety, and opportunity.

Integrate affordable social housing as well, with green roof gardens and more quality of life.

As well as useful instructions and creative public-private partnerships and long-term modern planning. And the will to go green with a grand design. This way all cities can forge a stable and content society

Form an Action Group Green City

Curate your local version of a Green City. Draft your local action plan.

Check and add your needs, budgets and finance.

Short-term (next 12 months) and long-term.

Use global best practices, which have proven over years and work well. Proposals should be based on the world's best examples and be locally appropriate.

Compile the core figures locally and get an overview. But avoid the statistical approach that is too often used. This only lists the facts. But it does not change the basic problem.

Put everything together - with numbers, info, graphs, pictures and images from this action box- into a local presentation. With the facts. But most importantly, your suggestions.

4. Clear leadership is needed

In addition, good coordination of all stakeholders, planning and control, including finance. Give your vision a clear leadership.

5. Integrate your local experts and NGOs in your own Green City Network.

6. Get a broad consensus of politicians for your proposals ensuring their support for quick actions.

7. Present your ideas to the public and media.

8. Create a more effective national and international network connecting our data and your local contacts with the Champions.

Visit this best practice in Singapore, New York City, Milano, Utrecht or Düsseldorf with a delegation.

9. Update with Missionfuture.com to get the most important news via our special newsletter and Zoom-conferences.

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6 - TOP SOURCES & PARTNERS

Here a list of excellent our global sources and partners for you from New York to Singapore and in Europe, to learn from, to become a Green Champion.

New York City

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice is very active with a convincing green strategy.

Visit the website

New York City

Cool Neighborhoods NYC, includes the Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI), which is a tool grounded in climate and racial justice that identifies what communities are most at risk to extreme heat.

See

Singapore

The Housing & Development Board for public housing:

Milano

The famous Bosco Verticale in Milano was designed by architect Stefano Boeri from Italy already in 2014. Followed by the Vertical Forest in Nanjing and the Mountain Forest Hotel in Guizhou in 2016. He designed the Vertical Forest in Dubai as well and the Verdemare Lunjomare Bari (2022) and the Wonderwoods in Utrecht in 2023.

Hamburg

More information about the St. Pauli Green Bunker

Utrecht

More about the green bus stops

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Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

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1 - CHALLENGES

2 - FACTS & NUMBERS

3 - BEST PRACTICES

4 - GOLDEN GLOBAL CHAMPIONS

5 - ACTION PLAN

6 - TOP SOURCES & PARTNERS

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