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Sustainability Research Institute
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- TURaS Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability
€6.8 m EU FP7 funding
Theme: ENV 2011 – Sustainable and Resilient Green Cities
Project lead: University College Dublin
UEL lead: Darryl Newport
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The TURaS concept
Enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of
significant sustainability challenges.
Develop new visions, feasibility strategies, spatial
scenarios and guidance tools to reduce urban
ecological footprints
Tackle climate change
adaptation and mitigation
Unprecedented urban growth
Natural resource shortage
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Twinning approach
Brings together decision makers in local authorities with SMEs and academics to ensure meaningful
results and real change.
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28 Project partners
11 local authorities or local
development agencies
• London Borough of Barking and
Dagenham
• Barking Riverside (London)
• City of Rome
• Dublin City Council
• Nottingham Development Enterprise
• Stuttgart Municipality
• City of Rotterdam
• Regional Development Agency of
Ljubljana Urban Region
• Sofia Municipality
• Brussels Capital Region
• Seville Municipality
9 leading academic research
institutions
8 SMEs
• University of East London
• Dermot Foley Landscape Architects
• University College Dublin
• BioAzul
• Universität Stuttgart VU
• Helix
• University VU-IVM
• BIC Lazio (Rome)
• Aalborg Universitet
• Institute for Sustainability
• University of Ljubljana
• EBN
• Varna Free University
• Climate Alliance
• Sapienza Università di Roma
• PRACSIS SPRL
• Institute of Architecture and Urban
and Spatial Planning (Serbia)
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TURaS - 9 Work Packages (WP) over 5 years
WP 1:
Geospatial ICT-support infrastructure for urban resilience
WP 2:
Greening public and private urban infrastructure (UEL lead)
WP 3:
Urban/industrial regeneration, land use planning and creative design
WP 4:
Climate change resilient city planning and climate-neutral infrastructure
WP 5:
Limiting urban sprawl
WP 6:
Short-circuit economies
WP 7:
Integrated transition strategies
WP 8:
Dissemination, training and exploitation of results
WP 9:
Project management
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Work Package 1:
Geospatial ICT-support infrastructure for urban resilience
• Generating a common GIS dataset to support the analysis of
sustainability issues affecting partner cities
• Developing an internet-based discussion and dissemination
forum
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Work Package 2:
Greening public and private urban infrastructure
• Evaluating the ecological quality of green infrastructure
• Research into innovative green infrastructure to maximise
ecosystem services and its economic value
• Experimental and case study trials
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Work Package 3:
Urban/industrial regeneration, land use planning and
creative design
• Examine innovative solutions for urban regeneration and
holistic land use planning:
o use of dormant sites/buildings
o ecosystem service provision
o food/energy production
o community engagement
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Work Package 4:
Climate change resilient city planning and climate-neutral
infrastructure
• Increase resilience and reducing the ecological footprint
of cities:
o flood risk
o water treatment
o waste recycling
o sewage systems
o energy systems
o transport policies
• Developing climate neutral infrastructure
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Work Package 5:
Limiting urban sprawl
• Looking at planning processes and attitudes towards
compact vs dispersal development
• Applying models for looking at urban development
patterns at the urban periphery
• Developing regulations and guidance tools to address
problems of urban sprawl
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Work Package 6:
Short-circuit economies
• Investigate the impact of different approaches to increased
reliance on local goods and services
• Investigate the potential for clean-tech processes and eco-design
• Research & development of product service systems supporting
‘localised’ businesses
• Develop a rating system on contribution of businesses to local
economy
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Work Package 7:
Integrated transition strategies
• Identify synergies between WPs 2-6
• Prepare integrated transition strategies for participating TURaS
cities
• Demonstration within partner cities
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Work Package 8:
Dissemination, training and exploitation of results
• Develop effective dissemination and exploitation strategies
• Open up TURaS beyond just partner cities
Work Package 9:
Project management
• To ensure the efficient and timely implementation of
project activities
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For further information contact:
Stuart Connop: [email protected]
or
Darryl Newport: [email protected]
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