Oslo
Akershus
In 2002 Oslo adopted Strategies for Sustainable
Development with an Urban Ecology Programme. The main
objective was to restore and improve the urban ecology of
the city.
www.oslo.kommune.no
Oslo has also adopted a Masterplan for urban development
and land use in accordance with sound principles of
sustainability.
Metropolitan regions of
Norway
There are 16 statistical
metropolitan areas in
Norway, of which six
count as "Greater City
Regions" and ten as "City
Regions".The
classification comes from
the Greater City Report
from the Norwegian
Ministry of Local
Government and
Regional Development.
This report was
composed in 2002–2003
to create a coherent
policy for the
development of
metropolitan areas within
Norwegian society. The
Greater City Regions
contain cities with
numbers of inhabitants
ranging from around
60,000 to 1,4 million,
while the City Regions
range from around 45 to
175 thousand. This is out
of a national population
of around 4,8 million
citizens.
Oslo`s vision is be "a capital city in sustainable
development, characterised by economic,
social and cultural growth according to nature´s ability to
sustain that growth ecologically".
Six fields of action are prioritized, and indicators of
sustainability used to monitor the effect of the actions on
the city`s sustainability.
The fields of actions are illustrated by 6 concrete examples,
or projects concerning the following
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Restoring waterways and water ecology
Restoring cultural heritage in the old city
Redeveloping the port/water front to housing and
urban spaces
Modernising the transport infrastructure by means
of a renewed toll ring/congestion charge; adopting
sustainable
energy sources in new urban development, and
environmental management in the city
organization.
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Introduction
Oslo Sustainable
Development
2008 Municipal
Master Plan
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Overall planning in Oslo
features a division of
functions between the
municipal master plan,
the finance plan/annual
budget, strategic sector
plans and land-use plans.
The municipal master
plan presents the
challenges facing the
municipality and the city
as a community, sets the
municipality’s long-term
goals and selects
strategies to achieve the
desired evolution.
Concrete measures for
achieving the goals set
are further defined in the
finance plan/annual
budget and sector/landuse plans. The annual
management report and
annual financial
statements show the
outcomes of the goals set,
strategies selected and
measures implemented.
own activities, there are clear constraints on their ability to
control the city’s development through planning. The city’s
development is to a large extent determined by forces other
than policy instruments. However, the planning process can
identify important driving forces and single out areas
requiring special priority, establish a framework for urban
development and set objectives for the authorities’
coordination with other actors.
Scenarios to 2025
The scenarios throw light on key decision areas involving
the municipality in regard to industry policy, integration,
regional cooperation, infrastructure investments,
environmental management, etc. The scenarios do not
purport to describe the most likely future outcomes, but
rather the breadth of the challenges faced. Shaped as three
possible visions of the future, the scenarios sought to
answer questions such as:
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The present Municipal Master Plan has four focal areas.
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Principal tasks
The City of Oslo’s
principal tasks are to
ensure the provision of
public services and put in
place a framework for the
development of the city
and community. Whereas
the municipal authorities
are fully able to plan their
Who will be living in Oslo in 2025?
How will we make our living in Oslo in 2025?
What welfare needs and frameworks willOslo have
in 2025?
How will the environment and sustainability fare in
Oslo in 2025?
Competitiveness, profiling and regional
development
Living conditions, diversity and integration
Flexible, user-oriented services production
Framework for urban development
Vision and goals
Oslo will be a tolerant, socially inclusive capital that
embraces diversity and a wide range of lifestyles. It will be
a city in which it is easy to succeed and difficult to fail.
Oslo will be one of the most innovative cities in Europe,
fostering creativity and value creation. Oslo will promote
urban development with a focus on good local communities
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and high environmental
standards, as well as an
eco-efficient transport
system.
Oslo will be one of the
most environmentally
sustainable cities in the
world. Oslo’s fjord and
forests give it a bluegreen character that will
be safeguarded and
strengthened.
Oslo will be a city where
citizens’ participation is
encouraged.
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Can develop a stronger metropolitan awareness
Can improve inter-regional coordination
Weaknesses
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Peripheral location
Price and cost level
Little R&D in industry
Lack of venture capital
No national territorial strategy
Threats
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Dilution of control functions: strategic industry
decisions taken elsewhere
“Kuwait economy”- insufficient incentives to
prepare for a new, different situation
Developments elsewhere in the country
Municipal Masterplan
2008
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
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Strong finances
Good living
conditions, high
quality of life
Technically
advanced
Nation’s hub
Opportunities
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Innovation
potentials
Can achieve a
modern-welfareregion profile
Promising
business clusters
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Oslo's green
structure
Oslo has a welldeveloped green
structure. The total area
zoned as public green
spaces increased from
24.5 million m2 in 1998 to
25.3 million m2 in 2006,
but as a result of
population growth the per
capita area of green
spaces has dropped from
49 m2 to 47 m2.
Access to green spaces
varies considerably from
one city district to another.
In the inner city (including
the Bygdøy peninsula but
not the islands zoned as
outdoor
recreation areas), there is
an average of 30 m2 of
green space per person,
as compared with 56 m2
in the outer city.
The rising population
density calls for raised
awareness of the
importance of access to
local green spaces and
other outdoor meeting
places of high quality.
Oslo's green structure
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Oslo's land use
strategy
The land-use and
transport strategies
described and shown on
the maps in the present
Municipal Master Plan
are based on those set
out in the 2004 Municipal
Master
Plan. This section
describes the changes
that have been made
since 2004 in more detail.
The overall strategy
described in the 2004
plan aimed at promoting
a compact development
pattern concentrated on
stations and other public
transport nodes is
continued in the present
plan. The continuous
built-up urban area with a
high proportion of
housing will be further
densified up to 2025, and
will be expanded to
include the areas
indicated by grey
hatching on the land-use
strategy map.
About 40 000 of the
projected 60 000 new
dwellings needed by
2025 will probably be
built within this area and
in the Fjord City areas. In
addition, 50 000–70 000
of the additional
workplaces (60000–100
000 in total) that are
projected by 2025 will
probably be established
in the same area.
Oslo Municipal Master
Plan 2008
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