A transition to a denser and more sustainable city: Factors and actors in Trondheim, Norway

Hernández-Palacio, Fabio

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2016.06.002

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“…The evolution of household size is itself related to the ageing of the population and evolution of the way of life. Single-person households are more dependent on urban services (Delmelle et al 2014;Hernández-Palacio 2017). As discussed by Giddings & Rogerson, if cities are to maintain their population basis, they hence have to increase the number of dwellings, which is not always possible to achieve through a restructuring of the housing stock.…”

Section: Demographymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Teller

2021

Buildings and Cities

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Urban densification is increasingly accepted as a necessity and is important for no-net land take. Densification occurs in many places, especially fast-growing cities with a combination of demographic change, economic pressure and large transport infrastructure projects. The costs and benefits of density require a nuanced understanding: potential direct, indirect and cumulative effects (environmental, economic and social), both onand off-site. The optimisation of densities implies a need to identify the conditions that can create the most value for the city, specify the places most appropriate for future inhabitants and activities, and promote spatial justice. The papers published in this special issue converge in depicting urban densification as a complex, nonlinear process, which has to be addressed at various scales. Multifactorial metrics of density are superior to aggregated ones because they offer a better understanding of the urban forms and how they are experienced by inhabitants and users. Both hard and soft densification have to be duly monitored and regulated if cities are to avoid overcrowding of places and buildings, which can be detrimental to urban resilience. The relation between urban densification and housing affordability is a critical factor that policymakers must address. JACQUES TELLERRegulating urban densification: what factors should be used? 303 Teller Buildings and Cities

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Section: Demographymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Transport infrastructures act as a catalyst of urban densification by increasing the accessibility of specific places (Todes et al 2018), reducing public transportation costs and increasing the cost by personal vehicle travel (Amer et al 2017;Aquino & Gainza 2014;Hernández-Palacio 2017).…”

Section: Transport and Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Teller

2021

Buildings and Cities

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“…Thus, in order to understand changes in the regime, understanding changes in the niche level and in the landscape level becomes crucial [9]. From an MLP viewpoint, cities may be conceptualized as socio-technological systems, which are embedded in complex networks of actors operating at multiple levels [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The MLP theory offers a functional framework to understand sustainability challenges, which are inherently occurring in complex urban settings. Successful studies on sustainable urban development that employ the MLP approach include, for example, those by Naess and Vogel [25] and Hernández-Palacio [24].…”

Section: Criticism and Future Applications Of Mlp Approachmentioning

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Rapid Urbanization and Infrastructure Pressure: Comparing the Sustainability Transition Potential of Water and Energy Regimes in Namibia

Savela

Levänen

Lindeman

et al. 2020

World

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This article presents a comparative study of the urban water and energy sectors in the coastal city of Walvis Bay in Namibia, where the rapid urbanization places pressure on public infrastructure development. A multidata approach is used to study the ability of the energy and water sectors to adapt to this pressure. Theoretically, the analysis is guided by the systems transition framework. A comparison between the two regimes is made on four dimensions: (1) regime dynamics, (2) level of complexity, (3) level of coordination, and (4) multiplicity of perceptions. The energy regime was found to be more capable of transitioning towards more sustainable practices due to better outcomes in multi-stakeholder engagement, a higher level of transparency, and differing landscape and niche development. The energy regime is also more open for new service providers. The water regime, on the other hand, suffers from overlapping roles and practices as well as non-existent monitoring authorities, which together negatively affect the regime’s transition potential. Both regimes suffer from lack of funding and weak institutional capacities. In conclusion, the transition potential of the studied regimes is found to increase when cross-sectoral governance is strengthened.

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“…However, the potential is not fully utilised. For example in Trondheim, in the period 2000-2012 the "potential for densification, in terms of population density, was equal to the population increase (19.7%) if no new land was added for urban use; however, the actual outcome was 7.6%" [73].…”

Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Location, location, relocation: how the relocation of offices from suburbs to the inner city impacts commuting on foot and by bike

Pritchard

Frøyen

2019

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Purpose: In recent decades there has been increasing focus on the development of compact and accessible urban environments, in part based on the reasoning that this can help to reduce the transportation requirements of city residents. Travel intensive land uses such as office workplaces are often offered incentives from policy makers to relocate to central locations well served by public transport (transit oriented development). To date, the academic literature on integrated transport and land use planning has largely been focused on the reduction of private car usage and promotion of public transport. This paper adds a complementary dimension, testing the hypothesis that intra-city workplace relocation towards city centres promotes walking and bicycling. Methods: This paper uses a comparative case study method. Employee travel surveys were conducted before and after the 2015 relocation of an office workplace in Trondheim, Norway from urban periphery to city centre. Three similar office relocation cases in Trondheim and Oslo (post-2000) are used for comparison to the case study. Changes in travel distance, time, costs, optimal route and potential for walking and bicycling in the case study are considered alongside actual changes in transport mode. Results: Walking and bicycling levels have a clear inverse relationship with distance to the city centre, due in large part to reduced commuting distances and increased parking costs following relocation. For the case study, the modal share of walking and cycling increased by a factor of 2.5 and 2.8 respectively. Relocation similarly led to a tripling in the number of case study employees who have a commute distance of less than 6 km, the employees' median acceptable cycling distance. Active commuting levels from the former and current workplace locations match closely with the share of active commuting in the Norwegian National Travel Survey data for the corresponding neighbourhoods. Conclusion: Although the function of workplaces and their employees can vary significantly within a city neighbourhood, travel behaviour is to a large extent determined by supply variables like time and cost. Central workplace locations with good public transport accessibility are shown to create significantly improved opportunities for walking, cycling and public transport commuting compared to peripheral workplaces with little competition to workplace accessibility by car.

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A transition to a denser and more sustainable city: Factors and actors in Trondheim, Norway

Cited by 12 publications

References 65 publications

Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Rapid Urbanization and Infrastructure Pressure: Comparing the Sustainability Transition Potential of Water and Energy Regimes in Namibia

Location, location, relocation: how the relocation of offices from suburbs to the inner city impacts commuting on foot and by bike

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