Driving CO2 reduction by Integrating Transport and Urban Design strategies

Tiwari, Reena; Cervero, Robert; Schipper, Lee

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2011.05.005

Cited by 65 publications

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“…Huang et al [51] mention both globalisation and -global environmental change‖ as key drivers of the sprawling development that has threatened agricultural land and ecological functions in the northern region of Taiwan. Finally, Garcia and Riera [29], Barbour and Deakin [42], Bart [22], Tiwari et al [62], and La Greca et al [24] are all examples of articles that situate themselves firmly within the climate change conversation.…”

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The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl: Emergent Themes from the Past Decade of Planning Research

2013

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Abstract:This article reviews studies published in English language planning journals since 2001 that focus on the environmental impacts of sprawl. We organise our analysis of the reviewed literature around: (1) the conceptualisation or measurement of sprawl; (2) a comparison of research methods employed and findings with respect to four categories of environmental impacts-air, energy, land, and water; and (3) an exploration of emergent and cross-cutting themes. We hypothesise that the trend towards breaking down silos observable in other areas of planning scholarship is also reflected in the recent sprawl literature and structure our review to test this proposition. International in scope, our work demonstrates how focusing on outcomes can facilitate balanced comparisons across geographic contexts with varying rates of urbanisation and affluence. We find that the sprawl research published in planning journals over the past decade frequently engages with broader themes of resilience and justice, increasingly considers multiple environmental outcomes, and suggests a convergence in the way sprawl is studied that transcends national boundaries as well as the developing-developed country dichotomy.

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Section: Emergent Themesmentioning

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The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl: Emergent Themes from the Past Decade of Planning Research

2013

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“…Indeed, recent research has argued that achieving CO2 reduction in urban areas is predicated on establishing such clear links (Tiwari et al, 2011), yet also highlighted the need to balance stakeholder provision, mixed use development (including housing and demographics of occupants) and, crucially, shifts in travel behaviour. Therefore, this research strove to understand how these factors impact upon the implementation of low carbon transport initiatives.…”

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Governance and policy challenges of implementing urban low-carbon transport initiatives

2014

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Emissions from transport represent a quarter of Scotland’s total. Action to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport has been criticized for being limited, poorly integrated with other areas of policy and focused on narrow programmes. Several funding bodies at the European level provide funding for the development of pilot initiatives to reduce carbon and to promote knowledge exchange between partner cities. Cities where strategies have been successful consider transport as being a significant part of wider urban design and urban development, thus ensuring that the potential benefits are directly related to concerns of planning, housing and behavioural change. Through research into the experience of one local authority in a European project, this paper finds that governance, cultural, economic and policy barriers inhibit the successful implementation of low-carbon transport initiatives. This paper concludes that, despite these challenges, there is still value for local authorities to engage in projects that fund pilot carbon reduction initiatives and promote knowledge exchange.

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“…find ways to finance these actions) (cf. Tiwari et al, 2011). The approach is based on the decomposed drivers of transport emissions -which are simultaneously possible leverages for policy measures:…”

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