A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Garzillo, Cristina; Ulrich, Peter Working Paper Annex to MS94: Compilation of case study reports A compendium of case study reports from 40 cities in 14 European countries WWWforEurope Working Paper, No. 94 Provided in Cooperation with: WWWforEurope - WelfareWealthWork, Wien Suggested Citation: Garzillo, Cristina; Ulrich, Peter (2015) : Annex to MS94: Compilation of case study reports A compendium of case study reports from 40 cities in 14 European countries, WWWforEurope Working Paper, No. 94, WWWforEurope, Vienna This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125749 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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Editors: Cristina Garzillo, Peter Ulrich (ICLEI) Annex to MS94: Compilation of case study reports A compendium of case study reports from 40 cities in 14 European countries Work Package 501 MS94: "Final draft report" Working Paper No. 94 This paper can be downloaded from www.foreurope.eu Please respect that this report was produced by the named authors within the WWWforEurope project and has to be cited accordingly THEME SSH.2011.1.2-1 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Europe moving towards a new path of economic growth and social development - Collaborative project This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 290647. Disclaimer The information and materials contained in this Compilation are based on desk research and on primary data resulting from expert interviews and questionnaires. Any opinions and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Project Consortium or the European Commission. Acknowledgements This research never could have been completed successfully without the extensive work, cooperation, aid, and help of a great number of people. The field researchers Aleksandra Marta Duda, Alina Brasoveanu, Dalia Campoccia, Etrit Shkreli, Hana Belohoubkova, Isabel Fernández de la Fuente, Joakim Toll, Judith Schicklinski, Júlia Colomer Matutano, Juliette Muguet-Guenot, Lea K. Baumbach, Michael Bockhorni, Mikaela Lise Vasström, Renaud Hourcade, Vasileios Latinos, and Vildan Aydin did a great job collecting and delivering the data for these case studies. We want to acknowledge the efforts of former members of the project team, Enkeleda Kadriu, Adrien Labaeye, Nadine Marmai and Kira Reich in managing the operations of the field researchers. I Case study reports The reports were written by 16 field researchers as the result of the field research conducted in the second half of 2013 in 40 cities in 14 countries across Europe. They explore what institutions are required to ensure a local transition towards sustainability. They synthesise all relevant information for each city, collected by the field researchers throughout their field and the preparatory research, enriching and contextualizing the data collected via questionnaires and face-to-face semi-directed interviews as well as additional desktop research. Thus, they constitute a relevant component for data analysis and interpretation and for answering the research questions of the research project “The Role of Cities in the European Socio-Ecological Transition (ROCSET)”, which is part of the larger WWWforEurope project. The reports are structured into seven sections. In the first part, a general city profile first provides background information, giving factual data on size, population, climate, special characteristics, etc. and providing information on basic government/administrative structure as well as on economic conditions (growth trend, key business and industries, employment, etc.). Then local lifestyle and key challenges and trends (economic, social and environmental ones) are addressed. The second part comprises a sector specific synthesis for water, energy and green spaces, each referring to availability, affordability and consumption levels, key issues, key actors/partnerships and key actions/measures/initiatives. The third part looks into governance and citizens´ participation, specifically into multilevel governance (province, national, EU) and participation and bottom-up action. In the conclusion, a short summary is provided, and finally trends and challenges for the future are outlined. All reports contain a references section at the end of the document. The compendium covers all selected countries and cities and provides an important insight into each case through the eye of the respective field researcher processing all his/her collected relevant information in it. II Index of case study reports according to regions/countries Page Northern Europe 1. Denmark – Aalborg 01 2. Denmark – København 09 3. Sweden – Göteborg 19 4. Sweden – Umeå 28 5. UK– Birmingham 38 6. UK – Glasgow 46 7. UK – Leeds 55 8. UK – London 66 Eastern Europe 9. Czech Republic – Jihlava 74 10. Czech Republic –Praha 82 11. Poland – Krakow 91 12. Poland – Lodz 101 13. Poland – Lublin 109 14. Romania – Giurgiu 117 15. Romania – Sibiu 127 16. Romania – Timisoara 138 Southern Europe 17. Greece – Larissa 147 18. Greece- Thessaloniki 158 III 19. Italy – Milano 169 20. Italy – Napoli 178 21. Italy – Roma 187 22. Italy – Trieste 197 23. Spain – Barcelona 207 24. Spain – Bilbao 216 25. Spain – Madrid 224 26. Spain – Valencia 230 27. Turkey – Istanbul 240 Western Europe 28. Austria – Innsbruck 250 29. Austria – Linz 258 30. France – Nice 267 31. France – Paris 277 32. France – Rennes 285 33. France – Strasbourg 294 34. Germany – Dortmund 304 35. Germany – Freiburg im Breisgau 317 36. Germany – Kiel 330 37. Germany – Potsdam 341 38. Germany – Saarbrücken 353 39. Switzerland – Lugano 364 40. Switzerland – St. Gallen 374 IV Northern Europe 1. Denmark – Aalborg 1.1 City profile Background information Factual data The population of Aalborg’s municipal area is approximately 203,400 inhabitants (2013). 120,000 of these live in the city of Aalborg. The municipal area is 1,373 km2 (2013). Aalborg is located in the Northern part of Denmark on the peninsula of Jutland and has a temperate climate. The Limfjord cuts through the peninsula of Jutland and the city of Aalborg and thereby connects the Western sea (Atlantic Ocean) with Kattegat (and the Baltic Sea). The city is located on both banks of the fjord. Historically, this was a very important transport route to Scandinavia, and the port of Aalborg one of the greatest in Denmark. The surrounding land is mainly agricultural and industrial farmland, there are few natural forests. The Municipality of Aalborg was merged with five smaller (and rural) municipalities in 2008 after a major national public steering reform. The municipality has also become responsible for rural development politics and nature management in these areas. The municipality is divided into eight main land areas. Aalborg is an old industrial city with the largest industrial harbour in Denmark. The harbour has now moved out of the inner city to a new industrial area east of the city. The old harbour area has been renewed during the last decade with green spaces, open-air swimming facilities, and development of youth housing, housing, university facilities, and a cultural centre. Through the last two decades, a conscious strategy has been in place to renew old industrial sites to new (sustainable/green) housing areas and cultural areas. The city is trying to reinvent itself as a knowledge economy instead of an industrial city. Aalborg University is the third largest in Denmark, and very aware of their regional development role both regarding business/industry development and public authorities (planning, schools, etc.)i. Basic government/administrative structure The city council is the highest authority. The administrative leader is the city executive. The highest political leader is the mayor. Aalborg has seven committees: the Committee for Health and Sustainable Development (which was established in 2005); the Technical and Environmental