Space-time information analysis for resource-conscious urban planning and design: A stakeholder based identification of urban metabolism data gaps

Voskamp, Ilse M.; Spiller, Marc; Stremke, S.; Bregt, A.K.; Vreugdenhil, Corné; Rijnaarts, H.H.M.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.08.026

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“…Modelling water use in UA and identifying alternative water sources are pivotal components for resource-conscious urban planning and design, a context where both social and ecological process driving resource flows at different spatial and temporal scales have to be thoroughly understood [75]. In this context, resorting to geospatial information from different sources and image-based processing techniques (i.e., feature extraction by photointerpretation and semi-automatic imagery classification) are stepping stones for collecting information on land use/cover and resources at fine spatial resolution to investigate urban food production [49,[76][77][78].…”

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Exploring Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Food Production in Urban Areas

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Homegrown fruits and vegetables are gaining popularity in many metropolitan areas with several facets connected to the wider urban agriculture phenomenon. At the same time, the relationship between urban food production and irrigation water is pivotal in terms of resource management. In this paper, we investigated water savings through the collection and use of harvestable rainwater from buildings' rooftops to irrigate 2631 fruits and vegetables gardens in the urban area of Rome (Italy). The methodology makes use of existing geospatial data and data derived from satellite image classification to estimate food gardens' irrigation requirements and harvestable rainwater from nearby buildings' rooftops. The comparison of the annual harvestable rainwater with irrigation needs allowed for computing the proportion of water self-sufficient gardens as well as the amount of gardens whose water needs might be partially fulfilled with rainwater. Statistics were produced by land use type (horticulture, mixed crops, olive groves, orchards, and vineyards) and under the hypothesis that irrigation systems with low and high field application efficiency might be employed. We found that 19% and 33% of the gardens could be water self-sufficient for the low and high irrigation efficiency scenario, respectively. The remaining gardens, by using the available rainwater, could satisfy 22% (low efficiency) and 44% (high efficiency) of the water needs resulting in a reduction in the use of conventional water sources.

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“…Van Buren et al (2016) explain that transitions not only need to take place at the regional and national scale, but also at the European and even global scale for the implementation of a successful CE. To conclude, the relevant scale to support the development of a CE approach in urban planning depends on the resource flows and the nature of the designed interventions (Voskamp et al, 2016) and thus often multiple scales and reaches are involved.…”

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“…These four subsystems together constitute a larger complex system (Dammers et al, 2014). However, Voskamp et al (2016) suggest in line with Haken (1983) that the complexity of urban systems (related to resources) can best be described by first integrating the quantitative knowledge of resource flows into the understanding of the environmental, social and economic systems at play. Research into complex systems is often divided into socioecological systems and socio-technical systems.…”

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“…Feedback and interaction between ecosystems and humans are key in socio-ecological systems. A better understanding of the processes of human-environment interactions that affect the resource flows of cities is essential for sustainable resource management (Van Timmeren, 2006;Pahl-Wostl, 2007;Voskamp et al, 2016). As well as the suggested sub-systems in actual CE literature, concerning mainly socio-technical sub-systems, the incorporation of socio-ecological sub-systems as well, seems also relevant.…”

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Social-Ecological-Technical systems in urban planning for a circular economy: an opportunity for horizontal integration

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Timmeren

Wandl

2018

Architectural Science Review

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The Circular Economy (CE) is receiving interest worldwide as a way to overcome the currently dominating linear and wasteful production and consumption models of our society. Currently the implementation of CE thinking into practice is still in an early stage. As the main hubs of consumption and to a more limited extent also, production, metropolitan areas often are seen as crucial to achieving a successful transition towards a CE, and therefore it is necessary to find ways to integrate a CE based approach into urban planning practice. In this paper literature dealing with the concept of the CE is reviewed within an urban planning framework to examine how well integrated it is in the built environment, both vertically and horizontally, in ideas prevalent in CE literature. The paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how the concept of CE can be integrated into urban planning practice with a view to enabling urban planners to integrate CE into their work to further accelerate the implementation of CE in metropolitan areas. In this paper a framework is presented for understanding opportunities for the integration of CE into urban planning.

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“…At the same time, it also inquired into space-time information analysis (Voskamp et al 2016a), with the goal of identifying the kinds of data that might provide planners and designers with meaningful information for implementing urban projects.…”

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Urban metabolism planning and designing approaches between quantitative analysis and urban landscape

Pistoni

Bonin

2017

City Territ Archit

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Introduction: Nowadays, urban metabolism (UM) is believed to provide new insights for more sustainable resource management in cities and their hinterlands. UM studies, however, focalize chiefly on quantitative resource input and output (e.g. energy, materials) and tend to neglect the element of space and the qualitative characteristics of the urban landscape. This paper explores the use of UM as a basis for planning and design, focusing on the design process and on landscape configuration, in an attempt to bridge the gap between such an approach and the perceptions of urban inhabitants. Case description:Two case studies on the metropolitan scale based on UM quantification which aim to develop projects that can improve urban sustainability are analyzed: the International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Urban Pulse project. Subsequently, De Ceuvel is explored, an experimental neighborhood in Amsterdam that deployed the UM approach to develop a participatory design and implementation process. Discussion and Evaluation:The method consists in a case study analysis centered on field work, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews with the designers involved, while the inhabitants' points of view are also polled on the neighborhood scale. Conclusions:The key results highlight how the UM approach can be integrated with spatial design in two different ways, according to the scales implicated. On the metropolitan scale, UM provides a means of identifying key locations and proposing interventions that can improve a city's global metabolism. On the scale of the neighborhood, however, the UM approach aims to close the energy and material cycles on the design plot, though without necessarily connecting the neighborhood to the city network.

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Space-time information analysis for resource-conscious urban planning and design: A stakeholder based identification of urban metabolism data gaps

Cited by 25 publications

References 31 publications

Exploring Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Food Production in Urban Areas

Exploring Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Food Production in Urban Areas

Social-Ecological-Technical systems in urban planning for a circular economy: an opportunity for horizontal integration

Urban metabolism planning and designing approaches between quantitative analysis and urban landscape

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