Two-thirds of Europeans currently live in urban areas, predicted to rise to 80% by 2050. Sustainable development, and in particular sustainable urban living, will become ever more challenging as urban densities increase − and civil engineers will need to provide solutions. The European Commission initiated the European Green Capital Award in 2010 to reward the achievements of cities in terms of current environmental performance, plans for a more sustainable future and to act as a role model for other cities. This paper describes notable civil engineering features of some of the winning cities to date, which include Stockholm in Sweden, Hamburg in Germany, Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, Nantes in France, Copenhagen in Denmark and Bristol in the UK.
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Patrick J. Rudden, BE, CEng, FIEI, FICE, FIAE, FCIWM, FIGEM, MCIWEM, FConsEI;
Patrick J. Rudden, BE, CEng, FIEI, FICE, FIAE, FCIWM, FIGEM, MCIWEM, FConsEI
Group Environment Director, RPS Group, Dublin, Ireland
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Katie O'Neill, BAgrSc, PhD, CEng, MIEI;
Katie O'Neill, BAgrSc, PhD, CEng, MIEI
Senior Engineer, RPS Group, Dublin, Ireland
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Brenda McEvoy, BE, MIEI, MCIWM;
Brenda McEvoy, BE, MIEI, MCIWM
Senior Design Engineer, RPS Group, Dublin, Ireland
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Angela Treanor, BE, MIEI
Angela Treanor, BE, MIEI
Design Engineer, RPS Group, Dublin, Ireland
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Revision Received:
April 17 2014
Accepted:
January 20 2015
Online ISSN: 1751-7672
Print ISSN: 0965-089X
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2015
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering (2015) 168 (2): 75–80.
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Revision Received:
April 17 2014
Accepted:
January 20 2015
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Rudden PJ, O'Neill K, McEvoy B, Treanor A (2015), "Environmental sustainability of European cities". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, Vol. 168 No. 2 pp. 75–80, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.14.00037
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