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Eurasian Cities - new realities along the Silk Road

THE WORLD BANK www.worldbank.org/eca/eurasiancities 1970 SOVIET UNION 1990 TRANSITION 2010 TODAY PLANNING URBAN PLANNING CITIES BUILT AROUND INDUSTRY inefficient use of urban land for industrial use PRIVATIZATION OF HOUSING some of the world's highest homeownership rates HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS LASTERN ELRE PE AND CENTRAL ASIA REPETS mm home owners in Moldova.. 90%! PARIS 39% while the poverty rate is still high IIIII--IIIII EURASIAN CITIES UNDERDEVELOPED RENTAL MARKETS Weak rental markets impede mobility New Realities alony lhe Silk Rond MOSCOW LAND MISALLOCATION 2$ traffic gridlocks occur daily in Moscow up to half of household income spent on rent WORLD BANK RECOMMENDS ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES IN LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING MOSCOW led to proliferation of slums more than half of people in Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Üzbekistan live in slums PARIS EURASIA 10 15 KILOMETERS FROM CITY CENTER UNLOCK RENTAL MARKETS CONNECTING BETTER INTEGRATION NEW TRADE ROUTES LIBERALIZING AIR SERVICES HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE TOWARDS MOSCOW SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE FRAGMENTED ROUTES with limited horizontal links in the absence of alternative transport management CONNECTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY THE MOST EXTENSIVE RAILROAD SYSTEM carrying half the world's freight traffic 19 national railway administrations established Railway Transport Council REGIONAL AGREEMENTS AND PROJECTS REINTEGRATE 151,000 km through 11 time zones 60,000 locomotives 1.5 M freight cars IMPROVE ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS 50,000 passenger cars TRANS ASIAS STATE-OWNED TRANSPORT SYSTEM GROWING DEMANDS ON ROADS with heavily subsidized tariffs road transport has grown, road safety has declined PERSONAL CARS (PER 1000 PEOPLE) 3.5 M trucks EUROPE 260 RUSSIA 130 M intercity passengers annually 35% of all intercity passenger travel LINE 200 KAZAKHSTAN FIBER OPTIC CABLE SYSTEM PROMOTE DRIVING 100 FORMER SOVIET UNION 45 SOVIET UNION (1985) CAR OWNERSHIP IS LOW as people had more public transportation options TRAFFIC MORTALITY (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) SAFETY AND CULTURE TRANSPORT PRODUCTION IN SOVIET UNION (PROPORTION) 25.2 RUSSIA SE PROTECT MA VULNERABLE OO ROAD USERS E TRANSPORT CORRIDORS 1960 ОВвва свва KAZAKHSTAN 30.6 21.8 FORMER SOVIET UNION MULTI HUBS 1970 14 SOVIET UNION (1985) GREENING STRONG INSTITUTIONS ENERGY USE FRIGID CLIMATE 23 of the world's 25 coldest cities are in Russia EURASIAN FACTORIES POLLUTED LESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVE m MODES but still averaged more pollution per unit of output CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS IN 1990 AND 2007 UZBEKISTAN PERFORMANCE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DISPOSED WASTE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES OTNSTRONG O MARKETS ENVIRONMENT RUDIMENTARY WASTE MANAGEMENT environmental regulations were poorly enforced KAZAKHSTAN GENERATION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTES UKRAINE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PURE 2SMARKET SMO SOLUTIONS FERTILIZER GEORGIA CHEMICALS REDUCE LOCALTAXES ON ENERGYEFACIENT BUILDINGS IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF ENERGY USE TOTAL GENERATED WASTE WORLD GOOD UTILITIES COVERAGE GREEN AR HOUSE DžC but inefficient delivery and maintenance ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS LOW GAS AND S the world's least energy-efficient region 87% cities 53% towns POLLUTION < INVENTORIES LOCAL 2S ENERGY PRODUCERS SUSTAINABILITY SN only 25% treated 10% 5% of world's GDP BUILDING RETROFITS of world's in compliance with nórms energy use FINANCING INCREASE REVENUES RAISING PERSONAL STATE ENTERPRISE FORMING CITIES RAPID PRIVATIZATION OF THE ECONOMY supporting public services and transportation curtailed public services and lowered taxation İNCOME TAXES 0% HOUSING MAINTENANCE CHARGES Economy -> PUBLIC PO TRANSPORT TARIFFS ...... Economy Growth ME GREENING TRANSPORT S SECTOR O @ 2013 WORLD BANK GROUP, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. SOURCES USED: EURASIAN CITIES, WORLD BANK, 2012; WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009, WORLD BANK, 2009; DEATH ON WHEELS, WORLD BANK, 2007; WORLD BANK STAFF ESTIMATES. EURASIAN CITIES: NEW REALITIES ALONG THE SILK ROAD UTILITY TARIFFS EDEVELOPMENT POPULATION DENSITY

Eurasian Cities - new realities along the Silk Road

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Infographic illustrates key pillars of a large WB report on Eurasian cities - on urban planning, integration, building institutions, increasing revenues etc.

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