Stockholm’s current population is approximately 800,000 people and is predicted to reach 1,000,000 by 2030. The growth is being addressed within the green designs and will be spread around throughout the three main projects that are underway.
Over view of Stockholm
Each of the three green projects is unique but all are based on the advances in water use and waste, waste elimination, transportation, and construction technologies that have been developed.
The three projects are:
- Slussen
- Hammerby Sjostad
- Stockholm Royal Seaport
Slussen is in the city’s historic core and is a project where bridges are being reassigned from motor vehicle use to bicycle and pedestrian use.
Hammerby Sjostad is an old industrial and harbor area that will be turned into a new urban, eco-friendly district of approximately 36,000 people to live and work in by 2018. It is occupied and near completion already.
Stockholm Royal Seaport is still in planning stages and will begin in the near future. It is a former container port and oil/gas storage facility which will become a new district dedicated to historical preservation.
Forty cities competed, one emerged to lead the way in sustainable design. Stockholm, Sweden is a city based on green beliefs that now is officially the Green Capital of Europe and can set the standards for every other city to follow.
I want to see the United States host its own competition, have every state compete, crown its own winner and begin the rehabilitation that is necessary for a better, greener tomorrow.
Resources: Stockholm, Visit Sweden, and Huff Post Green
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