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Amsterdam/ Zaanstad Berlin Stockholm Vienna Warsaw Zagreb URBAN LEARNING | CITY FACTS AND STORIES | PARIS GATHERING DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN URBAN PLANNING PROJECTS TO INCLUDE ENERGY INTO THEIR Paris CONSIDERATIONS
The participation of Paris in the Urban Learning project contributed signifi- cantly to the inclusion of energy matters into urban planning projects.
Firstly, it was an opportunity to gather different stakeholders involved in urban planning projects to include energy into their consideration. In Paris, many city departments are involved in urban planning projects but they did not hold meetings on energy issues. The structure created for carrying out Urban Learning, the Local Working Group (LWG), was a good opportunity to gather officers from these departments. They started working together and cooperating to include energy issues into urban planning processes. Recognizing the importance of such a cooperation, the General Secretariat of the City of Paris is willing to maintain this group after the end of Urban Learning. This sharing of expertise and cooperation will therefore be ap- plied to all urban projects.
Secondly, Urban Learning provided a better understanding of the urban planning process. In WP4, the LWG has succeeded in mapping a “typical” Parisian urban development process. For the first time, city departments involved in urban projects were able to understand the urban planning governance globally. Thanks to this governance map, the LWG identified several key moments for enhancing the consideration of energy issues in urban development projects.
Urban Learning also provided a better knowledge of existing instruments and tools to integrate energy issues in urban planning. Whereas stakehold- ers were generally aware of the existence of tools and instruments, their relevance and effectiveness was not always clear. Moreover, this analysis has shown that relevant and effective tools are not used because of lack of resources (time, money, skills…).
ENERGY STRATEGY FOR URBAN PLANNING PROJECTS TO BE ADOPTED AT THE CITY LEVEL
Finally, yet importantly, Urban Learning findings and results pushed ener- gy issues related to urban planning higher on the local political agenda. In- deed, elected city representatives have become more aware of this issue. Therefore, it is likely that an energy strategy for urban planning projects at the city level will soon be adopted.
URBAN LEARNING | CITY FACTS AND STORIES | PARIS 30 %
Share of green area: 30 % e Density/km2: 21.147 Total city area: 105 km2
Total city area Population density 1.000 25.000 21.147 900 800 20.000 700 600 15.000 2 km2 500 e /km 400 10.000 300 200 105 5.000 100 0 0 Paris Paris
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CO2 emissions per capita Final energy consumption per capita 8,00 70.000 7,00 60.000 6,00 5,00 50.000
CO2/b 4,00 Kwh 40.000
3,00 2,47 30.000
2,00 20.000 14.186 1,00 10.000 0,00 0 Paris Paris
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