Economics of Green Transition Cities

The paper applies an adapted Economics of Low Carbon development strategies for Cities (ELCC) framework to Bologna, Italy, to prioritize domestic water efficiency measures. It finds that an investment of €17 million in five cost-effective measures could reduce domestic water consumption by 34% by 2020, generating €10.2 million in annual savings. A further investment of €28.5 million could increase the total water reduction to 37%.

• Applying a subset of five cost-effective water efficiency measures to Bologna's households would require an upfront investment of €17 million, resulting in annual savings of €10.2 million and a 34% reduction in total domestic water consumption by 2020 relative to 2012 levels.
• Increasing the investment by an additional €28.5 million to include more expensive appliances would allow for a total domestic water reduction of 37% by 2020.
• The study demonstrates that the ELCC (Economics of Low Carbon development strategies for Cities) methodology can be successfully adapted to include demand-side water efficiency, supporting the development of integrated Nexus-based green development strategies for cities.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2016). Economics of Green Transition Cities. https://www.sei.org/publications/economics-of-green-transition-cities/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Economics of Green Transition Cities. 2016. https://www.sei.org/publications/economics-of-green-transition-cities/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Economics of Green Transition Cities |date=29 January 2016 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/economics-of-green-transition-cities/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2016economics, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Economics of Green Transition Cities}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2016}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/economics-of-green-transition-cities/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }