WUF

9 Workshop
Improving Urban Planning for Regenerative City Development
- Experiences Sharing of One Belt One Road Country Cities

Co-organizers:
World Future Council (WFC)
Energy Foundation (EF)
Supporting Organization:
CityNet

Time:
9:00-11:00, February 8, 2018

Venue:
Room 403, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia

Background:
As the most active and potential area in the world, the One Belt One Road (OBOR) countries
occupy 40% of the world area, while gather about 70% of the world population and over 55%
of them living in cities. According to UN statistics, by 2050, more than 3.39 billion people of
OBOR countries will be living in cities, with 350 million people moving to cities every year.
With such rapid urbanization, low carbon, sustainable, regenerative city development in
OBOR countries has great influence on the SDGs implementation globally.

With rapid urbanization, many cities are expanding with more grey infrastructure sprawling
in cities, and natural resources wasted and ecosystem damaged. Considering the severity of
the environmental and climate challenges facing cities today, a new model of urbanization
defined by a compact, human-centered, restorative and mutually beneficial relationship
between cities and their hinterland within the urban growth boundary is urgently needed.
Cities must become resource-efficient, low carbon, and even regenerative so to positively
enhance rather than undermine the ecosystems on which they depend. Today’s challenge is
finding effective policies and planning methodologies to guide cities towards becoming more
green and smart, regenerative, to be able to restore a mutually beneficial, symbiotic and
integrated relationship with the surrounding environment, and by demonstrating such best
practice and innovative methods from OBOR countries, it has great influence on all countries.

Agenda:
Facilitator: Ms. Boping Chen, China Director, World Future Council (WFC)
1. Opening remarks (10 min)
- Mr. Bruno Dercon, Senior Urban Settlements Officer, UN Habitat (5 min)

2. Keynote Speech (30 min)
Emerald Cities — Planning Guidance for Smart and Green Cities (15 min)
- Dr. Zhigao Wang, Director of China Low Carbon Cities Program, Energy Foundation (EF)

Sponge City for Regenerative Urbanization (15 min)
- Mr. Yuanguo Li, Director of Sponge City Construction office, Changde City, China

3. Panel discussion (60 min)
- Ms. Yong He, Vice Director of Planning Research Department, Beijing Municipal Institute
of City Planning and Design, China
- Mr. Chong Tang, Director of Kunming Urban Transport Institute, China
- Ms. Lan Ding, Registered Urban Planner of Wuhan Land Use and Urban Spatial Planning
Research Center, China
- Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Secretary General, United Cities and Local
Governments (UCLG) ASPAC
- Mr. Robert Kehew, Leader of Climate Change Planning Unit, Urban Planning and Design
Branch, UN Habitat
- Mr. Sangbum Kim, Deputy Secretary General of CityNet; former Vice Mayor of Seoul,
Korea

4. Q & A (10 min)

5. Wrap up (10 min)

Discussion topics:
1. Opening and sharing are the mainstream of today’s development, and there is
huge potential of cooperation on cities regenerative and sustainable development
among OBOR countries. As a representative of OBOR countries, what kind and in
which area of cooperation do you expect the most?

2. What are the challenges and opportunities for OBOR countries to implement SDGs
and New Urban Agenda from city perspective?

3. Is there any best practices from OBOR countries you could share to us about urban
planning’s significant role?