{"id":9170,"date":"2013-11-27T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T16:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2013-12-18T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T22:40:10","slug":"toronto-sweden-resilient-urbanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2013\/toronto-sweden-resilient-urbanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto \/ Sweden: Resilient Urbanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9246\" alt=\"on_sw_map_mast3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-900x585.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-680x442.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-111x72.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/on_sw_map_mast3-222x144.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past several years we&#8217;ve had the pleasure of an ongoing exchange with colleagues in Sweden regarding urban design. This has included a series of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/blogs\/towerrenewal\/?p=1029#more-1029\">research tours<\/a>, participation in the neighbourhood design project\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/2013\/06\/07\/selma-goteberg\/\">Selma in\u00a0G\u00f6teborg<\/a>, and\u00a0various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/?p=3350\">events in collaboration with the Swedish consulate<\/a> here in Toronto. The aim of the exchange is to\u00a0tackle the challenge of\u00a0\u00a0achieving sustainable and resilient urbanism in northern locales. <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some key lessons we&#8217;ve learned from Sweden include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>look at waste as a resource (in Sweden, solid waste is used to heat and power communities);<\/li>\n<li>create carbon neutral neighbourhoods (Sockholm&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammarbysjostad.se\/\">Hammarby Sj\u00f6stad<\/a> and Malmo&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.symbiocity.org\/en\/approach\/Cases-undersidor\/Western-Harbour-tomorrows-here-today\/\">Western Harbour<\/a> are built examples toward this goal as part of Sweden&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.symbiocity.org\/\">Symbio-City Initative<\/a>); and<\/li>\n<li>design affordable housing that is financially sustainable (in Sweden, public housing\u00a0developments are profitable enterprises offering a range of\u00a0affordabilities, where the mid-range housing cross-subsidizes\u00a0housing for those in\u00a0need).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, Graeme Stewart spoke briefly with Metro morning&#8217;s Matt Galloway about some of the lessons learned. Please listen to the interview<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/metromorning\/columnists\/mary-wiens\/2013\/11\/27\/ideas-from-sweden\/\"> at Metro Morning Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sweden_mast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sweden_mast\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sweden_mast-500x325.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past several years we&#8217;ve had the pleasure of an ongoing exchange with colleagues in Sweden regarding urban design. This has included a series of\u00a0research tours, participation in the neighbourhood design project\u00a0Selma in\u00a0G\u00f6teborg, and\u00a0various events in collaboration with the Swedish consulate here in Toronto. 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