ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
Towards a sustainable society in Málaga
The city of Málaga has set an Urban Environment Observatory, which is the final result of the work done between 2000 and 2006 in the field of the URB-AL program. During this timeframe, Málaga has shared experiences and developed 12 projects together with 219 partner cities from Europe and America.
Tags: Green City, Urban Resilience
Challenges addressed
- Natural resources management
- Urban planning, city configuration, urban model, and sustainability
- Social inclusion and economic development
- New ways of municipal planning using evaluation indicators
Main objectives
- Monitor the environmental indicators of Málaga
- Share and exchange experiences at organised conferences on emerging issues regarding the Urban Environment
- Provide annual training courses
- The Observatory serves as headquarters for the Documentation Center of the URB-AL Program (CDPU), increasing their library
Facts
Project type Urban Environment Observatory
Promoter City Council of Málaga
Start date 2000 – ongoing
Site size 2000 m2 (981 m2 built)
Virtual map http://gis.omau-malaga.com/omau/
Website http://www.omau-malaga.com/11/omau
Project description
The City Council of Málaga promoted the creation of the Urban Environment Observatory, as a result of the joint work with the URB-AL Program. The OMAU aims to continue the work in terms of urban environment.
Its main objective is to monitor the environmental indicators of the city of Málaga and partner cities. In the case of Málaga, the indicators are directly related to the implementation of the Urban Agenda 21 in 2006. For the rest of the partner cities, the used system is Integrated Urban Indicator System, which started with 37 indicators and was carried out together with UN-HABITAT from United Nations.
The monitoring indicators are a useful tool to analyse urban environmental situations in different timeframes, to know if the proposed objectives and challenges in the Agenda 21 are accomplished.
The OMAU has collected and analysed data from the environmental indicators, since the first URB-AL Program in 1995. The comparison and analysis of data is available on their website, and there is also available an interactive map of Málaga that shows the data.
Impact and results
- 10 years revision of the Agenda 21
- Annual revision of the urban environmental indicators system
- +80 Environmental Indicators
- 37 indicators developed with UN-HABITAT
- eOMAU: Virtual and interactive data map of Málaga
- Development and update of the Urban Agenda 21
- 18 finished projects and 6 ongoing projects
