Downloaded from orbit.dtu.dk on: Oct 19, 2018 The European Green Capital Award. Its Role, Evaluation Criteria and Policy Implications Gudmundsson, Henrik Published in: Toshi Keikaku Publication date: 2015 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link back to DTU Orbit Citation (APA): Gudmundsson, H. (2015). The European Green Capital Award. Its Role, Evaluation Criteria and Policy Implications. Toshi Keikaku, 64(2). General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
1. Climate change 2. Local transport 3. Green urban areas incorporating sustainable land use 4. Nature and biodiversity 5. Ambient air quality 6. Quality of the acoustic environment 7. Waste production and management 8. Water management 9. Waste water treatment 10. Eco-innovation and sustainable employment 11. Energy performance 12. Integrated environmental management 2 313
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Year Applicants Shortlisted Winners 2010 Amsterdam, Bristol, Copenhagen, Stockholm 35 cities Freiburg, Hamburg, Münster, Oslo, 2011 Stockholm Hamburg 2012 Vitoria-Gasteiz Barcelona, Malmö, Nantes, Nuremberg, 17 cities Reykjavík, Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013 Nantes 2014 18 cities Bristol, Copenhagen, Frankfurt Copenhagen 2015 8 cities Bristol, Brussels, Glasgow, Ljubljana Bristol 2016 12 cities Essen, Ljubljana, Nijmegen, Oslo, Umeå Ljubljana 2017 12 cities 4 313
1. Length in meters of designated cycle lanes along roads (but physically separated from other traffic) in relation to the total number of inhabitants in the city (meters of lane per capita); 2. Proportion (%) of population living within 300 metres of an hourly (or more frequent) public transport service; 3. Proportion (%) of all journeys under 5 km by private car (as car driver or car passenger). Please describe the modes of transport included in calculating the car proportion; 4. Proportion (%) of public transport vehicles classified as low emission vehicles, meaning the proportion of buses among the publicly or privately owned and operated bus fleets that have certified lower emissions than EURO V emission standards. 313 5
Figure 3. Shared bike systems is installed in many EGCA applicant cities like here in Copenhagen (Source: http://gobike.com/press/download-pictures/) 6 313
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