Sonia Chand Sandhu

Sr. Environment & Climate Change Sp.

S.E Asia Urban and Water Division

UN-ESCAP Fifth Regional Workshop on Urban Nexus, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17-19 June 2015

A GrEEEn “Nexus” for Integrated Planning and Resilience

Presentation Outline

I. The GrEEEn Cities Approach for Integrated Planning Green City Action Plans ( GCAP) and Urban Management Partnerships (UMP)

II. The GrEEEn Cities Approach and Resilience Asset Management

III. Case Studies – Vietnam, Malaysia

I. The GrEEEn Cities Operations Framework (GCOF)

Green City Action Plans ( GCAP) Urban Management Partnerships (UMP)

Enhancing adaptive capacity of infrastructure and communities

through integrated planning is at the core of improving

Resilience and Livability

GrEEEn Cities Operational Framework

GrEEEn City Action Plans

– Vision, goals and a time based investment plan – align with spatial development plan, socio-economic and

environmental co-benefits, – investment programme, leading to environment quality

improvements, climate resilience, and revenues – performance monitoring indicators for green targets, – institutional mechanisms – platform for leveraging innovative financial modalities, – citizen’s feedback and monitoring system for accountability

Urban Management Partnerships

Peer-to-Peer learning for urban transformation, improving efficiency in area performance, institutional change

– Engage “mentors” from “transformed cities”, municipalities, utilities, academia, private sector, local government

– Sharing knowledge, practices and processes of change

– Improving competency in integrated urban & environmental planning, climate resilience, energy efficiency and project management

– Skill development and vocational training

– innovative financing mechanisms for urban infrastructure

– Developing and adopting Decision Support Systems

The partnership can be replicated to other countries in the region.

Urban Management Partnership

Created at various levels to simplify a GCAP initiative, implement multiple actions, promote innovations through ‘working groups’.

GrEEEn City System Individual actions generate narrow benefits

Actions combine to generate additional co-benefits

III. The GrEEEn Cities Approach and Resilience

Asset Management

Institutional Capacity

Resources ( human, financial)

Policy and Plans

Operation and Maintenance

City development strategy

Built assets & natural assets

Optimum design solutions

Environment, climate and social

impacts

Planning and

Engineering standards

Innovative Finance

Operation and Maintenance

Costs of environment and climate risks

Urban management partnerships (UMP)

Community participation &monitoring

Asset Management and Resilience The GrEEEn Cities Approach

IV. Case Studies

Vietnam

Malaysia

CITY COUNTRY

TA-8314 – ADB

Green Cities : A

Sustainable Urban

Future in SE Asia

Viet

Nam

Hue

Viet

Nam

Vinh Yen

Ha Giang replication

UMPs

UMPs

GCAP

UMPs

GCAP

FUNDING

SOURCE

OUTPUT INPUT to National

Policy and Programs

Vietnam : GrEEEn City Action Plan – A Platform for Integration

TASF – Technical Assistance Special Fund, GCAP – Green City Action Plan, UMPs – Urban Management

Partnerships, PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance

Secondary Cities

Development

Program SCDP II

(Green Cities) PPTA 8671-VIE Total US$ 2.1 m -ADB (TASF-V) $0.8m - UCCRTF $1.0 m - Netherlands Trust Fund $0.3m

Total Loan amount

$176 m

- ADB-$120m ADF +

$50m OCR

- UCCRTF -$6 m

grant

National Urban

Development Strategy

Investment Program

–

Secondary Cities

Development

Institutional

Capacity

Financial Innovation

Decision Support

Systems

National Green Growth

Strategy

Institutional

Capacity

PPTA Feasibility

Studies

GCAP

Hue

Vinh Yen

Ha Giang

Viet

Nam

Consensus

Building &

Community

Awareness

Green Growth Action

Plan

Vietnam – “Connecting the dots” : Urban Development, Green Growth, Climate Change, Resilience

Socio-Economic Development

Plan, 2011–2015

National Program on Urban

Development 2011‒2020

GrEEEn City Action Plans

(GCAP) under TA-8314)

Secondary Cities Development Program (total loan amount $176m ADB $120m ADF +$50 OCR + UCCRTF

$6m grant)

Hue Urban Mobility

Masterplan – MOLIT, Korea

$0.5 m

GEF –Special Climate Change

fund - $5m

Framework Master Plan for Urban Development

in Vietnam 2020

Sector Orientation Plans

– drainage, transport, etc.

National Green Growth Action

Plan (GGAP) 2012- 2020

National Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 -

2020

Supporting Decrees: Government of Viet Nam. 2012. No. 1659/QD-TTg: Decision on the Approval of the National Program on Urban Development in 2011-2020 period Government of Viet Nam. 2012. No. 1393/QD-TTg: Decision on the Approval of the National Green Growth Strategy, 2012 – 2020 Ha Noi, 25 September. Government of Viet Nam, Ministry of Planning and Investment. 2014. draft National Action Plan on Green Growth in the period 2012-2020. Government of Viet Nam. 2012. No. 1474/QD-TTg: Decision on Promulgation of National Action Plan on Climate Change in the Period of 2012‒2020, Ha Noi, 5 October. The Development Orientation of Urban and Industrial Parks Drainage in Viet Nam to 2025 and Vision to 2050 (approved in 2009 under Decision No. 1930/QD-TTg). Ha Noi; Government of Viet Nam. 2009. Decision 1327/QD-TTg. Planning of Road Transport Development in Viet Nam to 2020 and Vision 2030. Ha Noi.

GCAP Hue

Vision

Sustainable world class

tourist destination

Initiative 1

Improve the urban

environment Initiative 2

Enhance the tourism

experience

Initiative 3

Develop sustainable transport in

expanded Hue city

Enablers

UMP

Citadel Development Partnership

Policy Reform

1. WW treatment and collection system 2. Drainage improvements for 4 wards 3. Rehabilitate ponds and canals 4. Landfill in Huong Binh. 5. Energy efficient street lighting 6. City wide water monitoring

1. Expand tourism

2. New crafts market in Thuy Xuan Ward

3. Expand Hue by night 4. Non-motorized

transport

1. Promote bicycle use 2. Urban link roads for

connectivity 3. Peripheral parking

facilities 4. Tramline on existing

railway alignment

Outcome based actions and partnerships

Hue : GrEEEn City Action Plans : Benefits

Hue :Urban Management Partnership

GCAP Priority : Citadel development and protection Objective: To enhance professional and technical capacity for integrated planning and preparation of Citadel re-development plans

Citadel

Development

Partnership Hue CPC

Hue University College of Sciences

Department of Natural Resources &Environment

International mentor in urban environmental management education

DOC

NGOs and Community Groups

Services providers (HueWACO, HEPCO)

HEPCO Hue PCC

Malaysia : “Connecting the dots” : through Regional Cooperation Urban Development, Green Growth, Climate Change, Resilience

TA 8040-REG: Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity

TA 8314 REG : Green Cities

GCAP for Melaka Malaysia,

UMP for Melaka River revitaliztion

Melaka GCAP adopted by state as BLUEPRINT for

green growth

MAL (48357-001): S-CDTA, Sustainable Urban Management

(Green Cities) Follow-up Activities in Melaka, Malaysia. 150,000 USD

PINTAR model for 3E

database and benchmarking

MGTC - IHS, Netherlands -

Capacity Building

Policy dialogue, Partnerships for Urban Growth Models & CC

in Melaka and Thailand. Replication in INO.

MGTC- ICLEI -GHG. Inventories

and Carbonn Registry

GCAPs for Songhkla and

Hatyai Thailand

11th Malaysia Development

Plan – strategic priority

PINTAR model for 3E database and benchmarking

Malaysia : Urban Management Partnership

GCAP priority : Expand the ongoing Melaka river improvements to optimize and integrate use of its waterway and catchment for water supply, water reuse, waste assimilation, storm water retention and discharge, recreation, and transportation

Partnership principles : Multi-sectora initiatives that collectively result in : Cleaner river (with lower treatment costs) and balanced use of waters ensuring

wastewater reduction, diversion and reuse; Greener urban environment, offering recreational opportunities for citizens and tourists

along the river corridor; Improved biodiversity; Reduction of flooding incidences and severity; Alternative cleaner public transportation through the river for citizens and tourists; Platform for stakeholders to learn, engage and collaborate in enhancements of their river.

Malaysia :Urban Management Partnership Mentor - River of Life KL ; Mentee : Melaka Economic Planning Unit ( UPEN)

Objective: (i) Improve the quality and use of the Melaka River

(ii) Build capacity to implement urban water management, for the coordinated development and management of water and land to maximize socio- economic benefits without compromising vital environmental systems

Melaka River Cleaning and Beautification

Storm water management

Water flows

Pollution discharges

River front development

Dredging and navigation

Communication and outreach

Water quality monitoring

Regulators Academia

Pubic-Private Partnerships will be the key

Thank You

Improving lives for future generations