What
What makes
makes aa city
city anan Eco-City?
Eco-City?
Shigeru
Shigeru Matsuzaki
Matsuzaki
DeputyDeputy Mayor
Mayor
City
City ofof Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu
・Utilization
・Utilizationof
oflocallocalresources
resourcesand
andpotentials
potentialsbased
basedupon
upon
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andpartnershippartnership・Concrete・ConcreteActions
Actionsand
andvisible
visibleoutcomesoutcomes
・Concerted・ConcertedEffort
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ofSocial
Social(Citizens),(Citizens),Economic
Economic(Companies),(Companies),
Environmental(City
Environmental(Cityororlocal
localgovernment)
government)aspects
aspects
・Promotion
・Promotionof
ofEco-Cities
Eco-Citiesin
inAsianAsianregion
region・Kitakyushu
・KitakyushuNew
NewGrowth
GrowthStrategy
Strategyas
asfurtherfurtherstep-up
step-upof
ofEco-City
Eco-City
・Further・FurtherActivities
Activities

1Location and Characteristic
China

Korea

Kitakyushu
Shanghai

Population: 1 million
Tokyo Area: 488 km2
Designated City
(as same status as Prefecture Government )1,000kmThailand
Viet Nam
Malaysia
4,000km

Philippines

Once a polluted industrial zone,
Kitakyushu is now a modern industrial
city pursuing green growth.
: from Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan,
OECD Green Growth Studies, 2013, OECD

Singapore

IndonesiaIndustries, International Trade, Biodiversity, and Urban Development

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From “Gray City” of “Eco-City”
Overcoming Severe Environmental Pollution

Severe Air Pollution
In 1950s & 1960s

PresentResidents
enjoying blue sky

Swimming at
Dokai Bay

“Dokai Bay, Sea of Death”

Recovered Blue Skies and Sea,people enjoying the clean environment3

Driving Force of Eco-City:
Partnerships among Local Multi-stakeholders

Residents

Residents’ observation ofa private company

Learning how to measure air pollution
from a university professorPartnership

Environmental control &environmental infrastructure

Cleaner Productions &pollution control equipment

Local Government

Private Enterprises

Local Initiative & Partnership
Environmental Technology & Environmental Investment
Education & Participation of Residents
Environmental Governance
Reference: UNESCAP “Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment

4Potentials and Resources for Eco-City 1:
Citizen Participation and Partnerships
Achievement of Least Solid Waste Generation among OECD Cities
Domestic Waste Generation (g/day/capita)
800
750748703

700

701698706705706704 696

650
609600
536

550

522

506

500450400350300
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Year

OtherDomestic Waste

Can &Glass Bottle

Waste Plastic
PET Bottle

Waste
Plastic Packaging

Reduction of Domestic Waste Generation
Recycling Ratio(%)
35.0
30.0

30.6

30.4

30.0
25.0

23.1
18.9

20.0
15.0

14.6
12.1

12.3

15.2

15.8

15.0

15.8

13.1

10.0
5.0
0.0
1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Year

Recycling Ratio of Domestic Waste from Households

Separation System of Domestic Waste
for Resource-circulating started in 2006

Successful waste management : Japan has one of the lowest rates for municipal waste production among OECD countries,
1.03kg per person per day (2008), and Kitakyushu produces less than half that amount, 506g per person per day (2009).
(Reference: OECD Green Growth Studies, Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan, 2013)5

Potentials and Resources for Eco-City 2:
Private Companies' Capabilities and Powers
Green Products produced from High Efficient Process

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals
Efficient electromagnetic plate and sheet
which contributes to energy saving

YASKAWA Electric Corporation
Inverter to contributeenergy saving in production process

Shabondama Soap CO. & Kitakyushu City Fireand Disaster Management Bureau

TOTO, Ltd.
Water-saving automatic faucet
with a self-power generation

World’s Most Energy-EfficientHigh energy efficiency is a key asset for Kitakyushu’s
heavy industry. Japan’s steel manufacturing ranks as
the world’s most energy-efficient steel industry.
Moving the iron and steel manufacturing products
from Kitakyushu or Japan to another country would
be likely to create more CO2 emissions for same
output. Kitakyushu’s iron and steel industry offers arange of products with advanced energy performance

Reference: OECD Green Cities Programme Kitakyushu ReportDevelopment of Small Amount Typed Fire
Extinguishing Compositions with Less Environmental
Load and New Fire Fighting Strategy

6Potentials and Resources for Eco-City 3:
Sustainable Urban Infrastructures
Kitakyushu Smart Community
Hydrogen
副生水素(by-product)

Power grid
Natural Gas
Co-Generation System

HydrogenNetwork
Fuel cells Smart Building

IT grid

Large Scale Battery
Wind Power
15,000 kw(Theoritical)

スマートSmart
コミュニティ
Communityセンター
CenterRent-a-cycle Station

Smart School

Hydrogen Supply Station
Term: 2010 to 2014
Investment: $ 190 million
CO2 Reduction: 50%
Renewable Energy: 10%

Photovoltaic
Smart Houses Generation

Smart Data Center
Smart Meter

Realization of optimized energy use per region, through coordination between new and mainstay
energy sources and introduction of a control system for both energy supply and demand.

7Expansion of Eco-Cities:
International Environmental Cooperationfor Sustainable Development in Asian Countries
KITA’s International Trainees
from Developing Countries:
146 countries, 7,059 people(as of 31 March 2013)

City-to-City International
Environmental Cooperation
Network in Asia

Number of Participants from Overseas to Kitakyushu

in 1994

Present

Air Pollution Improvementin Dalian, China

2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
40020002005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Reduction of Solid Waste
in Surabaya, Indonesia

Water Supply Improvement
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

8Step up of Eco-City: Kitakyushu New Growth Strategy【Tatget】Leading Industrial City with New Technologies and Happy Lives in Asia

Key Words: “Environment” and “Asia”～Economic Development through Environmental Actions
and Realizing Shared Prosperity in Asia～～＜Five Directions＞

Ⅰ:Conditioning ofofⅠ:Conditioning
Local Industrial
Industrial Activation
Activation
Local

Ⅱ:PromotingService Industries
Industries
Ⅱ:PromotingService
adequate toto Domestic
Domestic Potential
Potential
adequate

Ⅲ:Establishing Cluster
Cluster forfor
Ⅲ:EstablishingHigh Valued-Production
Valued-ProductionHigh

Ⅳ:Overseas BusinessBusiness Base
Base forfor
Ⅳ:Overseas
Global Needs
Needs
Global

Ⅴ:Kitakyushu RegionalRegional Energy
Energy Base
Base Programme
Programme
Ⅴ:Kitakyushu

Promotion of New Growth based upon Local Partnership
Recommendations towards promoting Further Green Growth by OECD Kitakyushu
Report: Utilization of Local Resources such as Green Innovation Technologies andStrengthening Governance

9New Challenge:
Kitakyushu Regional Energy Base Programme
Objectives:•Energy System with Low Carbon Emission, Stability, and Economic Advantage•Energy to Citizens’ and Industrial Sustainable Activities•Preferable Situation for Private Enterprises•Contribution to not only Kitakyushu but also across the Kyushu Region⇒ Towards promoting Green GrowthContents:•Feasibility Study on Power Project (2.5 million kW ) and Environmental Impact•High Efficiency Power Plant and Renewable Energy including Offshore Wind
•Regional Energy Management System including Demand Management

10Supporting Eco-Cities Promotion in Asia byKitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society
Projects and Related Companies
Energy Saving Project in Beijing, China
YASKAWA Electric Corporation, Largest World Share in the fieldof Industrial Robots and Inverters in Kitakyushu

Used Scheme
Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry of Japan

Promoting Water Saving Equipment in Dalian, China
TOTO Ltd., International Housing Equipments Company in Kitakyushu

Ministry of the Environment ofJapan

Promoting Waste Water Purification with Provision of License for Nitrate
Nitrogen Removal Technology to Chinese Company in Dalian, China
Nippon Steel Chemical CO., Ltd., Coal Chemical Company in Japan

Providing the license ofpollutant removal technology toChinese companies

Promoting Recycling Business in India
Nippon Magnetic Dressing CO., Ltd., Rare Metal Recovery andMinistry of Economy, Trade andIndustry of JapanCirculation Company in Japan

Promoting Recycling Business in Tianjin, China
Eco-Material Corporation, International Recycling Business Company inJapan

Received an order on the City of Siem Reap, Cambodia, related towater works planning project
Kitakyushu Water Supply Bureau and Hamagin Research I
Institute, Ltd.

Ministry of the Environment ofJapan
Japan International
Cooperation Agency

11Collaboration between Kitakyushu and UNIDO～Promoting Eco-Cities～～

MOU:
Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director –General of UNIDO andMr. Kenji Kitahashi, Mayor of Kitakyushu at Headquarter of UNIDO

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