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RESILIENT CITIES Addressing the challenges; OF TO Urban Sprawl Compactness Segregation Integration Congestion Connectivity Figure 2. Addressing urban sprawl, segregation and congestion Source: UN-Habitat OTHER NON-CLIMATE- RELATED BENEFITS UN-Habitat typically looks at the urban development process through a broader lens of sustainability that takes into consideration climate ramifications. Both through planned city extensions and other approaches we promote the development of compact, integrated and connected cities (see Figure 2). This new urban paradigm confers a series of economic, social and environmental benefits. Compact urban form helps to reduce land demand per capita. In addition to the considerable climate benefits discussed above, compact development also yields other benefits. For example, according to the New Climate Economy Report, a more compact and connected urban development built around mass public transport could “reduce urban infrastructure capital requirements by more than US$3 trillion over the next 15 years” (Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, 2014). In addition to such cost savings and improved access to basic services, analysts have also posited the economic development benefits of compact development, e.g. from improved agglomeration economics. The co-benefits of urban density have been covered extensively in academic literature and UN-Habitat publications, such as the Urban Patterns for a Green Economy series, e.g. on ‘Leveraging Density’ (UN-Habitat 2012). Integration can be achieved by planning compatible activities and land uses in appropriate locations. This helps cities provide proximity to public services and jobs and hence reduce transport needs. Creating enough serviced and affordable land is essential for successful social integration and inclusive development, as well as for the provision of economic opportunity. Connectivity. Sound urban design is important for providing connectivity within and between neighbourhoods. The street pattern should allow for densification and for future extension. Providing good public transport, as well as adequate infrastructure for walking and cycling, is important to avoid costly congestion, to reduce emissions and pollution, and to facilitate access to jobs and services. CASE STUDY: VILLA EL SALVADOR The example of Villa El Salvador, an urban district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, that was developed from a shanty town into a formal district of Lima between 1971 and 1983, shows some interesting lessons. The original "The street pattern should allow for densification and for future extension." 90
RESILIENT CITIES Figure 3. Villa El Salvador (Lima, Peru) Source: Ana Coello de Llobet/UN-Habitat, 2013 VES in the metropolitan area of Lima settlement design in 1971 only marked street and plot limits; the assignment of lots was largely self-organised through a communal organisation. Today, the district has over 380,000 inhabitants (see Figure 3), and 84 per cent of houses are owned by the inhabitants (INEI census, 2007 data). This planned city extension is generally deemed a success due to its simple master plan and mixed use design, which allowed for future growth, incremental improvement and strong ownership by the inhabitants. The issues of sprawl, segregation and connectivity have been actively addressed in Villa El Salvador: Compactness versus sprawl. The block module and plot structure of Villa El Salvador (see Figure 4) allow for different densities. This flexible urban pattern structure can be easily implemented, extended and densified, reducing the effects of uncontrolled sprawl. The neighbourhood can be easily extended by adding modules to existing Module Area Distribution 28% Roads 10% Open spaces 62% Built-up areas Street Hierachy A: NW-SE Avenues: 70-80m B: SW-NE Avenues: 50-70m C: Intermediate streets: 14m D: Inner neighbourhood streets: 10m Figure 4. Villa El Salvador city grid Source: Ana Coello de Llobet/UN-Habitat, 2013 climateactionprogramme.org 91
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