Malmö, Sweden
City population: 306502
Duration: 2005 – 2020
Implementation status: Completed
Scale: Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Project area: 3000000000 m2
Type of area: Previous derelict area, Central Business District / City Centre
Last updated: October 2021

The area was planned to be the Öresund Region's most climate-smart city district: an energy efficient, resource-saving and green district with a hundred percent renewable energy use.” (ref. 2). The area's development program focused on the ecological aspect of sustainability and took responsibility for that part of the city's sustainability work (ref. 7).

Hyllie
Hyllie climate-smart city-district
https://www.eon.com/en/business-customers/city-energy-solutions/projects/hyllie.html

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Nature on buildings (external)
  • Green roofs
  • Grey infrastructure featuring greens
  • Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
  • Green playgrounds and school grounds
  • Parks and urban forests
  • Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
  • Blue infrastructure
  • Lakes/ponds

Key challenges

  • Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
  • Green space creation and/or management
  • Regeneration, land-use and urban development
  • Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
  • Health and well-being (SDG 3)
  • Enabling opportunities for physical activity
  • Creation of opportunities for recreation
  • Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
  • Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure

Focus

Creation of new green areas, Creation of semi-natural blue areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Transformation of previously derelict areas

Project objectives

The environmental goals set by Malmö City for 2030 are to be met by 2020 in Hyllie, according to Climate Contract for Hyllie. (Ref. 5) 20 specific environmental objectives for Hyllie (using the environmental programme Hyllie as a tool for sustainability). These include that the buildings are energy efficient, that a substantial part of Hyllie’s need for energy is provided by local production, recycling starts where the waste is produced, that people are well informed, can participate and see results of their lifestyles, that Hyllie is climate resilient, that a network of green and blue structures is present, that ecosystem services are developed/utilized and The Factor of Greenery secures rich greenery on buildings (Ref. 5, 6) Regarding urban nature: choice of plants should be based on those plants which contribute to biodiversity and the open water management should also contribute to increased biodiversity. (Ref. 10)

Implementation activities

Hyllie Center is a growing city center, with new constructions/buildings with close access to transport, services and green spaces. For example, there is a 27,000 square foot roof park at the Emporia Mall (equivalent to about 4 football plans), a water park at Hyllie’s Water Tower, as well as local meeting places. (Ref. 8) "9,000 homes and just as many workplaces are being planned and constructed in a dense and mixed city center for southern Malmö.” (Ref. 5)

Climate-focused activities

Climate change adaptation:

  • Increase or improve urban vegetation cover to help reduce outdoor temperature
  • Implement green walls or roofs to lower indoor temperature and provide insulation

Climate change mitigation:

  • Install vertical or horizontal artificial surfaces that help with carbon storage and cooling
  • Invest in public transport/bicycle infrastructure as a means to prevent car use

Main beneficiaries

  • Local government/Municipality
  • Private sector/Corporate/Company
  • Citizens or community groups

Governance

Management set-up

  • Co-governance with government and non-government actors

Type of initiating organisation

  • Local government/municipality

Participatory approaches/ community involvement

  • Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

Climate agreement for Hyllie is an agreement and a partnership signed and operated by Malmö city, E.ON (an electricity company and energy company) and VA SYD (a regional water and sewer organization). (Ref. 5)

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? Unknown
... a national policy or strategy? Unknown
... a local policy or strategy? Yes (Hyllie is mentioned in e.g. the city of Malmö's comprehensive plan/plan strategy (from 2005) and also in more current comprehensive plans for the city. (Ref. 4, 9))

Financing

Total cost

More than €4,000,000

Source(s) of funding

  • Public local authority budget

Type of funding

  • Earmarked public budget
  • Asset-backed funding (e.g., leasing)

Non-financial contribution

Unknown

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Climate change
  • Reduced emissions
  • Enhanced carbon sequestration
  • Green space and habitat
  • Increased green space area
  • Restoration of derelict areas

Economic impacts

  • Attraction of business and investment

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Social justice and cohesion
  • Improved liveability
  • Improved access to urban green space
  • Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Gain in activities for recreation and exercise

Type of reported impacts

Expected impacts, Achieved impacts

Presence of formal monitoring system

Yes

Presence of indicators used in reporting

No evidence in public records

Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports

Yes

Availability of a web-based monitoring tool

No evidence in public records

References

Ref. 1. Malmö Stad. (2019). Om Hyllie utbyggnadsområde. Mer av Malmö. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 2. Malmö Stad. (2020). Studiebesök Hyllie. Tema hållbar stadsutveckling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 3. Malmö Stad. (2018). En ny del av Malmö. Om Hyllie utbyggnadsområde. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 4. Malmö Stad. (2005). Mer och bättre innerstad. Malmö Stad. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 5. Malmö Stad (2015) Miljöprogram Hyllie: mål och åtgärder för förverkligandet av Öresundsregionens klimatsmartaste stadsdel, Vision 1. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 6. City of Malmö. (2016). Sustainable Hyllie, strategies and programmes for a new climate-smart city district. Department of Urban Planning. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 7. Malmö Stad. (2009). Miljöprogram för Malmö stad 2009-2020. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 8. Malmö Stad. (2016). En plats i världen - Hyllie. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 9. Malmö Stad. (2014). Översiktsplan för Malmö - planstrategi. Malmö Stad. Available at: Source link (Accessed 5 August 2020)
Ref. 10. Malmö Stad (2015) Översiktsplan för Södra Hyllie - fördjupning av översiktsplan för Malmö, utställningsförslag.