Voici ce qui est dit dans la fiche d’évaluation de Bristol :

- changement climatique :
“Strong achievements in low emission buildings, waste management and climate education; reasonable performance in transport; not much effort in low carbon energy supply/ district heating/CHP.”

-transports :
“Despite promotion of cycling still high share of car mobility; accessibility of public transport medium; reduction of car traffic in the centre; some interesting measures on awareness raising and freight transport; for the future joint local transport plans; demand management; link to land use planning; increasing cycling by 30% (currently 6%) overall a few interesting measures but relatively weak.”

- espaces verts :
“High value of public green space per capita (38m2); although, no figures about distances; innovative: standards and strategy for green space which consider also quality of green space; positive also: research on customer demand, inclusion of equality impacts, civil engagement in maintenance, cooperation with wildlife projects; long term planning; strong commitments for the future, establishment of more nature reserves, focus on quality; some weakness: no mentioning of climatic or air quality related aspects of green areas”

- qualité de l’air :
“Very ambitious measures and plans (AQAP, LTP), excellent web information. Many monitoring stations and large intensive campaigns with NO2 diffusion tubes. Lead city in UK. Missing data for other years than 2007.”

- pollution sonore :
“Stronger focus on managing neighbour noise than outside noise. Achievements or real results from community surveys not clear. Interesting commitment on noise mapping, but perhaps too early to use it as a noise management tool. Very little information on future commitments (very general, non-specific action plan). No information on budgets.”

- déchets :
“Many awareness programmes and long term target of ‘zero waste’ but little evidence of how this will be achieved. Specific awareness programmes for schools and flats. ‘Real Nappy Project’ promoting the use of re-useable cloth nappies. A well functioning waste management plan and operational system but while recycling levels are very encouraging, the lack of energy recovery results in the highest landfill rate of the shortlisted cities. Very ambitious plans in the future to provide energy recovery capacity and to improve household recycling generally.”

- eau :
“High consumption and leakage, low metering, no incentive pricing, but some good efforts in network rehabilitation, leakage management, efficiency measures and CC preparedness. Future commitments also financially on awareness, efficiency, infrastructure but not on metering (general UK problem) or other innovative measures.”

- assainissement :
“The only city with secondary treatment, no separated rain water management, but at least good overflow capacity and some thoughts on UWWTP energy efficiency, even if unfortunately land fill use (fertiliser) is allowed (minus point). Fine further aspirations on energy efficiency, separated systems, WFD and CC adaptation, but financial commitments and real innovation are not eminent.”

- management :
“All key council decisions are subject to environmental appraisal, using the principles of Strategic Environmental Assessment. Local Authority Energy Finance Scheme / loans are repaid using the annual energy/cost savings….. As repayments are recycled back into the fund they become available for re-investment, creating a self-sustaining fund. 74 LAEF projects, with a total investment value of £723,000 (…detailed data) The council has set a series of targets for all environmental issues (data in the application). Bristol City Council aims to be carbon neutral (meeting its energy needs by none fossil fuel sources directly and locally) by 2026. Now is working towards being a “low carbon city with a high quality of life”. Under this programme it plans to cut city-wide carbon emissions by 2% per year. An annual environmental statement verified by external audit. An internal record system which is computer based and assessors can inspect action taken at a team level, as well as corporately. For Bristol Green Capital aspirations see the Bristol Partnership Green Capital Vision Statement.”

- gestion de l’espace :
“On the way towards more compactness, very positive: nearly all new offices and light industries and most residential developments in brownfield areas, but less for industrial and warehouse development; only medium population density related to other cities density but dwellings in new housing areas have doubled over the last decade; positive further: protection of the green belt; in the future continuation; less development on greenfields; positive also: growing consideration of climate change impacts and cooperation with hinterlands on avoiding urban sprawl.”

- programme de communication :
“Excellent proposal, well-structured, detailed, creative, including all possible elements from a to z. Including opening conference, digital communications and all traditional means of communications (print media, radio & TV, ambassadors, events, conferences, branding) hand-over involving future decision-makers i.e. youth. Coherent, ambitious, complete package of events and actions from a-z. Lots of creative elements included in the proposal: green capital channel, cutting edge web based technology like blogging, twittering in order to achieve community engagement, virtual soap opera, eco-tour, handover.”

Certes il y a des parcs, mais est-ce que ça suffit à en faire un modèle de ville propre.

Avec Strasbourg et Grenoble, tu es loin.
C’est froid, très froid.

Si je propose deux autres villes… Strasbourg et Grenoble?