Spatiotemporal dynamics of development inequalities in Lahore City Region, Pakistan

Rana, Irfan Ahmad; Routray, Jayant K.; Younas, Zahid Irshad

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.102418

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“…In Canada, the building sector's energy use continues to rise with the residential sector alone showing an 8% increase from 1990 to 2015 [ 34 ]. Moreover, researchers argue the potential of building sector of Canada to address climate change is underestimated and needs to emphasized especially for deep energy retrofits in next decade [ 35 ].…”

Section: Canada's Building Energy Efficiency Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a wide variation of economic and environmental conditions among different provinces that change the demand for energy. Similarly, socio-economic conditions vary and change at urban and rural scales with development [ 35 ]; hence, the types of energy upgrades and FIs will vary according to a buildings' location and time of FIs application. Energy decisions performed at provincial levels are used as the basis of FIs offered at the municipality level.…”

Section: Financial Incentives In Canada Regulatory Regimesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of financial incentives for green buildings in Canadian landscape

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Financial Incentives (FIs) for green buildings are a major component of energy policy planning and play a vital role in the promotion of sustainable development and carbon mitigation strategies. Despite the presence of numerous FIs in Canada, there is still a lack of understanding on their distribution and effectiveness. This review first investigates the FIs available for residential and commercial buildings in Canada, and then performs a comprehensive review of studies related to FIs’ effectiveness evaluation. It is found that FIs for buildings in Canada can be distributed into four categories: tax, loans, grants, and rebates. Among these, rebates from utility providers are the most common and are administered in all provinces. In addition to these, special incentives are available for three end-users (low-income, aboriginal people, landlords and tenants) and for three types of buildings (heritage, non-profit and energy rated). A clear contrast is observed on FIs offered in three regulatory regimes (Federal, provincial and municipal). Four provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec) are leading in green building efforts. The in-depth literature review was also used to develop an understanding on the criteria used in effectiveness evaluation and the factors impacting effectiveness. Based on the findings of different studies on FIs effectiveness, a generic approach for evaluation of FIs is proposed that can help in deploying successful FIs programs. The results of this review are of importance to the policymakers, government authorities, and utilities engaged in designing and improving FIs for energy efficient buildings.

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Section: Canada's Building Energy Efficiency Landscapementioning

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Section: Financial Incentives In Canada Regulatory Regimesmentioning

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Evaluation of financial incentives for green buildings in Canadian landscape

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Alam

et al. 2021

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“…The distinction between rural and urban areas is described by many criteria, but there is no general definition available. Rural and urban areas defined based on one or a combination of demographic, economic, infrastructure, and administrative factors [51]. Within these factors, population size and density, the predominant type of economic activity, conformity with legal and administrative status, as well as specific services and facilities are prominent criteria to define rural and urban areas [52].…”

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“…Hsu [130] and Romic [131] argued that functional and economic diversity increases with the size of the city. City size influences the level and extent of services and facilities provided to hinterlands and determines the socioeconomic and physical development of rural areas [51,132]. Employment growth [133] and poverty rates [44,134] in rural areas are influenced by the size of their neighboring cities.…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

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Rural areas are highly vulnerable to floods due to limited social, economic, and physical resources. Understanding rural vulnerability is vital for developing effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Even though rural areas and cities are intrinsically linked, rural vulnerability was assessed without considering its relation to cities. Numerous theoretical frameworks on systemizing and assessing vulnerability were developed with varying level of scope and depth in terms of scale, dimensions, and components. Nevertheless, these frameworks did not explicitly mention the impact of flood or other hazards on the linkages between spatial units i.e., rural and urban. This study aims to understand and conceptualize the rural vulnerability with respect to the dynamics of rural–urban linkages in the case of flood events. To do so, current literature on rural–urban linkages, vulnerability, as well as factors that influence them were critically reviewed. Taking into account the main elements of rural–urban linkages (flow of people, information, finances, goods and services), components of vulnerability (exposure, susceptibility, and capacity), and factors (social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, spatial, and environmental), a unified framework is proposed. The framework underscores that the role of rural–urban linkages is essential to fully understand rural flood vulnerability. Moreover, the framework highlights the role of spatial factors—city size and proximity to the city—as crucial to comprehend rural vulnerability. This framework can be used as a tool for understanding multifaceted rural vulnerability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction considering spatial development perspective. In this context, empirical investigations can be made to validate the proposed framework and policies can be introduced accordingly. Overall, the proposed framework can help recognize concepts and links of vulnerability, rural–urban dependencies, and rural development dynamics.

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“…Agricultural land conversion that is quite intensive towards economic growth causes a decrease in the quality of the environment. City Region is seen as a driving force for regional development and economic growth of a country [13]. Metropolitan urban areas of Mamminasata in South Sulawesi are designated as national strategic areas in terms of the economy and regional development center in Eastern Indonesia.…”

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Land Use Change, Spatial Interaction, and Sustainable Development in the Metropolitan Urban Areas, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

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Ahmad

Sakti

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Metropolitan Urban Mamminasata South Sulawesi, Indonesia as the object of study is explored in the core-peripheral spatial interaction towards the formation of suburban service centers. The problems raised in this study are (i) is there a relationship/correlation between spatial integration, spatial interaction, and urban agglomeration to the formation of urban activity systems and (ii) how the formation of urban activity systems works as a determinant of economic growth, land use change and environmental quality degradation towards sustainable development in the metropolitan city of Mamminasata. Comparative studies of suburban areas have been carried out over three time periods (2001, 2015 and 2019). Data elaboration on observations, surveys and documentation is done to describe urban dynamics in terms of economic, social and environmental aspects. Path analysis is used to address direct effects, indirect effects, differences, and dependencies between urban elements. The gravity model is used to analyze the spatial interactions of the core city with the periphery. The study results show that spatial integration, spatial interaction and urban agglomeration have a positive effect on the system of urban activity and economic growth in the outskirts of the Mamminasata Metropolitan area. The results of this study recommend policy makers and urban planners that land use change, spatial integration and urban spatial interactions on the spatial scale of metropolitan cities to require the implementation of sustainable development concepts oriented towards saving the environment, ensuring fairness in economic access and creating social cohesion, in line with meeting national Metropolitan city development targets by 2030.

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of development inequalities in Lahore City Region, Pakistan

Cited by 25 publications

References 45 publications

Evaluation of financial incentives for green buildings in Canadian landscape

Evaluation of financial incentives for green buildings in Canadian landscape

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

Land Use Change, Spatial Interaction, and Sustainable Development in the Metropolitan Urban Areas, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

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