Jonathon Porritt will talk about the challenges we face in making cities more sustainable before outlining the programme’s short and longer term plans for the Bristol city region.Having immersed myself in Bristol life for the past six months, and met with a huge variety of organisations concerned about the city’s future sustainability, it’s clear that our task in Bristol is considerable. But with so much energy, enthusiasm and commitment from all parts of the community, if we can create a sustainable city anywhere, it surely has to be Bristol. The City was ranked third in Forum’s Sustainable Cities Index. Yet there are still big issues to sort out, not least with transport and new housing numbers – 90,000 new homes are planned for the area. Tackling these issues, in partnership with others, will be a big focus of our work. Managing the need and demand for travel through the use of IT, and the promotion of active travel and public transport will be early areas of work in supporting sustainable transport. In relation to new homes, we’ll be using our Sustainability Framework for Urban Extensions to ensure that new communities are planned, designed and built to the highest sustainability standards – if they can do it in China, it’s about time we started doing it here too.These are exciting times for anyone living, working or shopping in the Bristol area, and I look forward to hearing from you over the coming months.
Jonathon Porritt speaks at the launch of our Bristol project - video.
Se videoen her: http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/
Find out more about our work in the Bristol region here.
http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/blog/a-sustainable-city-region-for-Bristol
A report on emerging good practice
TCPA (Town and Country Planning Association, London UK. Published March 2007)
Best Practice in Urban Extensions and New Settlements
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