Green and Ecological Corridors: Strategic Development for Cities

Level 1

We have chosen a topic very well-known in the urban debate, but not well-explored. The urban lines are important for cities and urban tissues. They conceive the traces of what urban planners have done or not done yet. Nevertheless, they can be very handy if you imagine them as lines that tend to be obsolete in fifty years. Sustainability has to do with more restriction for cargo and movement of people. In the end of this section, we will explore better this affirmation, but for now it is indispensable to see how cities carved historically their ways. If they can be greener landscapes and based on what functions, for example, transport, public places, parks or “grandes manzanas” as in Barcelona.

  • The expression of “grandes manzanas” refers to those blocks of a city zone in which the circulation of motorised vehicles is restrict. The decision is usually taken by local administrations such as the example of Barcelona City, London City and many others.
  • All the maps have a scale 1:250000, QGIS, Google Roadmap.
  • Level 1 corresponds to cities with more than 500,000 residents.
  • Level 2 refers to those cities with between 200,000 and 350,000 residents.
  • Tables & Graphs the figures in terms of population. Still updating data, content and maps. Be patient!




Oslo

Oslo

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Oslo. Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Stockholm

Stockholm

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Stockholm Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Copenhagen. Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Helsinki

Helsinki

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Helsinki Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Level 2

Aarhus

Aarhus

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Helsinki Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Bergen

Bergen

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Helsinki Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Malmö

Malmö

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Helsinki Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Tampere

Tampere

The black lines we see on the map indicates all the paths that exist in the city of Helsinki Not only do they indicate streets, roads and highways, but also natural paths as tracks through parks, navigation routes for costal waters among other possibilities. If these lines have a considerable percentage of green landscape capturing effectively \({CO_2}\) and promoting the interconnection of economies, that is to say, local, regional, national and international economies, they can be defined by green corridors. Green corridors are linked to movement of cargo in the Nordic glossary for sustainable cities. We add herein another concept or the ecological urban corridor which is the combination of minimum movement of people and cargo as possible.

Tables & Graphs

Population Cities/Country Metropolitan Area Population Density
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632.340 Copenhagen/ Denmark YES - High
653.835 Helsinki/ Finland YES - High
693.494 Oslo/ Norway YES - High
974.073 Stockholm/ Sweden YES - High
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349.983 Aarhus/Denmark YES - Medium
257.087 Bergen/ Norway YES - Medium
344.166 Malmö/Sweden YES - Medium
235.239 Tampere/Finland YES - Medium
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115.483 Esbjerg/Denmark NO - Low
64.057 Kristiansand/Norway NO - Low
143.171 Norrköping/Sweden NO - Low
84.403 Pori/Finland NO - Low