Intermediate cities in search of sustainability

Eurofound — European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions

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Social policy
Working conditions
Environment policy and protection of the environment

Sujets

• Environmental policy
• Habitability
• Classe Town
• Urban planning
• Member state of the European Union
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: EUROFOUND-EUROPEAN-FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-IMPROVEMENT-OF-LIVING-AND-WORKING-CONDITIO
• Nombre de lectures: 47
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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INTERMEDIATE CITIES IN
SEARCH OF SUSTAINABILITY
THE RESEARCH AND
THE ATTICA WORKSHOP
Lavrion, 4-6 October 1995
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ï* European Foundation
* J^* for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
* 'k * INTERMEDIATE CITIES IN
SEARCH OF SUSTAINABILITY
THE RESEARCH AND
THE ATTICA WORKSHOP
Lavrion, 4-6 October 1995
EF/96/04/EN INTERMEDIATE CITIES IN
SEARCH OF SUSTAINABILITY
THE RESEARCH AND
THE ATTICA WORKSHOP
Lavrion, 4-6 October 1995
European Foundation
* _2] * for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
+ , ^ Loughlinstown House, Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996
ISBN 92-827-6014-6
© European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1996
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Loughlinstown House,
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FOREWORD
The Lavrion workshop was the last in a series of workshops designed to bring inspiration and
insight to our project on "Medium-sized Cities and Socio-economic and Environmental
Improvements in the Regions of the EU". The project was initiated in 1993 with case studies
on four and, up to the end of that year, seven cities. A first meeting hosted by the city of
Kavala, one of the first to be studied under our study, brought together experts and
politicians from four cities. The following workshops of Alicante, Volos and Oviedo went
deeper into the issues of the research which up to the end of 1994 included 12 cities, three
more cities finally joined theh network by mid-1995. All 15 cities participated in at
least one workshop with their Mayors and the independent expert chosen by the Foundation.
Interviews were conducted with the city, State and Social Partners' representatives in each
of the cities and many of them were included in the publications of the Foundation with the
reports from the workshops of Alicante, Volos and Oviedo.
The research was enriched in 1994 with the development of sustainability indicators for each
of the cities of the network. Efforts for the developments of indicators are included in the
present publication following their discussion in Lavrion. Executive summaries from
concluded case studies presented in the workshop and additional interviews witnessing the
local dynamism and the creation of collective visions are also included. Contributions from
Greek officials and participants enriched the workshop and the present publication.
We would like to thank the Greek authorities for hosting and supporting the workshop and
all the participants for their active participation and insight.
Last but not least, we thank Ruben Bianchi from the International Association of City and
Regional Planners for his drawings which illustrate this publication.
Clive Purkiss Eric Verborgh
Director Deputy Director VII
INTERMEDIATE CITDZS IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABILITY
THE RESEARCH AND THE ATTICA WORKSHOP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction. The Attica Workshop in a Nutshell
by Dr Voula Mega, Chair of the Workshop 1
2. Is it Possible to Promote "Intermediary" Cities' Sustainability
within the Present Context of Triumphant Global Market
Competitive Capitalism? Keynote Paper
by Dr Riccardo Petrella, Professor at Catholic University of Louvain,
Belgium. President of the European University on Environment 7
3. Background Paper
by Dr Voula Mega, Research Manager 17
4. The Environmental Charter of Lavrion
by Ms Catherine Spiropoulou, Architect, Planner 61
5. Case Study on Perugia/Executive Summary
by Dr Ferdinando Semboloni, University of Florence 7
6. Case Study on Rhodes/Executive Summary
by Prof. Harry Coccossis, University of Aegean 89
7. Case Study on Kavala/Executive Summary
by Ms Popi Koutretsi and Mr Nejib Benessaiah,
Thymio Papayannis & Associates, Athens 101
8. Case Study on Dessau/Executive Summary
by Ms Babette Scurrell, Bauhaus, Dessau 117
9. Towards the Development of Sustainability Indicators for Alicante
by Prof. Julia Salom and Mr Miguel Albertos,
University of Valencia 129 VIII
10. Towards the Development of Sustainability Indicators for Freiburg
by Dr Didier Vancutsem, Munich 157
11. Towards the Development of Sustainability Indicators for Siena
by Dr Ferdinando Semboloni, University of Florence 185
12. Interviews with Politicians and Social Actors in Toledo
by Prof. Enrique Calderón, Polytechnic University of Madrid 211
13. Interviews with Politicians and Social Actors in Galway
by Ms Paula Russell and Prof. Frank J. Convery,
Environmental Institute, University College Dublin 231
14. Interviews with Politicians and Social Actors in Freiburg
by Dr Didier Vancutsem, Munich 27
15. Perspectives for Bastia
by Mr Henri Zuccarelli, Deputy Mayor of Bastia : 289
16. Case Study on Galway: Progress Report
by Ms Paula Russell and Prof. Frank J. Convery,
Environmental Institute, University College Dublin 297
17. Medium-sized Towns: A Sustainable Development Policy
by Prof. Manuel da Costa-Lobo, Technical University of Lisbon 339
18. Industrial Policies and Deep-rooted Urban Development
by Mr Mario Pezzini, Principal Administrator, OECD 351
19. The Political Support Needed for Cultural Activities
to Reach the Conceptual Level of Urban Sustainability
by Dr Hatto Fischer, Athens/Berlin 363
20. NUREC's Urban Indicator Pool
by Ms Anna-Maria Paschos, NUREC 38
21. Global Action Plan
by Ms Audrey Dickson, Dublin 40
22. Messages from the Workshop: New Planning Paradigm
by Dr Adrian Dal Cin, Vice-President, International
Association of Urban and Regional Planners, Madrid 413
23. Messages from the Workshop: European Cities in the Face of Change
by Dr Simin Davoudi, University of Newcastle 421
24. General Report, Messages and Recommendations
by Ms Catherine Spiropoulou, General Rapporteur 435