Planning and Management Figure 1.2 Initial First-Phase Results of Hammarby Sjöstad according to

ous systems of infrastructure and urban service delivery and provides the foundation and blueprint for achieving the sustainability objectives outlined above.

The initial fi ndings of the preliminary evaluations of the fi rst phase of development, Sikla Ude (SU), compared with a reference scenario (Ref) are shown in fi gure 1.2: a 30 percent reduction in nonrenewable energy use (NRE), a 41 percent reduction in water use, a 29 percent reduction in global warming potential (GWP), a 41 percent reduction in photochemical ozone creation production (POCP), a 36 percent reduction in acidifi cation potential (AP), a 68 percent reduction in eutrophication potential (EP), and a 33 percent reduction in radioactive waste (RW).

Success in a project such as Hammarby Sjöstad depends on coordination among key stakeholders. To channel all eff orts in a single direction, the city appointed a project team in 1997. In 1998, the project team was incorporated into the city’s Department of Roads and Real Estate (now called the Development Department). This step had several positive ramifi cations. First, by being housed in the city’s Department of Roads and Real Estate, the project team had greater access to and control over public funds. In addition, the project team was in a much stronger position to leverage and negotiate with private interests. The structuring of the team was established as follows. Representatives of the city departments of planning, roads and real estate, water and sewage, waste, and energy were members of the team. The various departments of the city were integrated into a single fabric led by a project manager and an environmental offi cer who were charged by the city with the responsibility to guide and infl uence the public and private stakeholders toward the realization of the environmental objectives of the project.2

Curitiba: Cost is not a major barrier

Sustainable urban development in developing countries has also been successfully undertaken by forward-looking cities that possess relatively limited fi scal resources. Consider the case of

Figure 1.2 Initial First-Phase Results of Hammarby Sjöstad according to the Environmental Load Profi le Life-Cycle Analysis Tool

Source: Brick (2008). Note: The tool is described more fully in chapter 10.