Sustainable urban metabolism as a link between bio-physical sciences and urban planning: The BRIDGE project

Chrysoulakis, Nektarios; Lopes, Myriam; José, Roberto San; Grimmond, Sue; Jones, Mike; Magliulo, Vincenzo; Klostermann, J.E.M.; Synnefa, Afroditi; Mitraka, Zina; Castro, Eduardo; González, Ainhoa; Vogt, Roland; Vesala, Timo; Spano, Donatella; Pigeon, Grégoire; Freer‐Smith, P. H.; Staszewski, Tomasz; Hodges, Nick; Mills, Gerald; Cartalis, Constantinos

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.005

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“…Transposed into the world of urban planning, sustainability science's stress on determining networks and thresholds, underlines the fact that taking into account behaviors, relations and resources flowing across the city are of major importance. A practical example for such an approach is the BRIDGE decision support-system, which aims at connecting analytical tools with sustainability appraisal in different study sites in Europe (Firenze, Helsinki, Gilwice), so as to adapt urban planning interventions on the basis of material flow data and socioeconomic criteria [104,105]. But to do this, the planner should not only aim at obtaining information from multiple sources (such as scientists, stakeholders, practitioners, local communities, etc.…”

Section: Changing Urban Planning In Light Of Sustainability Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

Monteiro¹

2017

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Section: Changing Urban Planning In Light Of Sustainability Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

Monteiro¹

2017

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“…Supported by the output of previous European projects, such as the Altener Cluster 9 Project [46] and other FP7 projects [47], which identified the poor quality of urban environments and microclimates as one of the main barriers to the implementation of bioclimatic strategies (i.e., passive solar strategies that are climate responsive and human centered) in cities, the current review calls for the development of systemic and comprehensive actions to allow the applicability of those strategies to indoor and outdoor comfort in cities.…”

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The Mitigative Potential of Urban Environments and Their Microclimates

Schiano-Phan

Weber²,

Santamouris

2015

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Cities play a crucial role in climate change: More than 50% of the growing population lives in cities producing most of the global GDP but also 78% of greenhouse gases (GHG) responsible for climate change. Moreover, due to their highly modified land-use and intensive activities, cities are at the forefront of the most rapid environmental and climatic change ever experienced by mankind. Yet, cities' potential to mitigate both climate change and their own environment is underexploited. This paper explores ideas related to the potential of urban environments to modify their microclimates, reflecting on the overlapping potential between mitigative and adaptive actions. These actions in cities can not only tackle some of the largest contributing factors to global climate change but offer short-to medium-term benefits that could drive more immediate socioeconomic and behavioral changes. This review proposes and discusses a new preliminary definition of urban environments as microclimate modifiers-Mitigative urban Environments and Microclimates (MitEM)-and calls for further research into: (a) inter-connecting the full range of mitigative and adaptive initiatives already being undertaken in many cities and maximizing their input systemically; (b) developing a common and holistic definition of MitEM; (c) promoting its uptake at policy level and amongst the key stakeholders, based on its social and public value beyond the environmental.

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“…Land-based mitigation complements conventional emissions-based mitigation through addressing the regional to local-scale drivers of climate change that are often the principal driver of ongoing warming trends at these scales [69,73,74]. The land-use planning activities of local/regional governments may therefore provide the most direct regulatory means of managing urban energy water and carbon exchanges towards a sustainable urban metabolism [5], so as to minimize land-based climate forcing.…”

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“…In particular, a huge number of studies has been carried out to understand and characterize urban sustainability, where numerous indicators have been proposed in urban research for a better management of cities [3,4]. Many environmental and socioeconomic variables affect urban development and the application of alternative approaches to capture these variables is a challenge [5,6].…”

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A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning and Management Based on Earth Observation

Chrysoulakis

Feigenwinter

Triantakonstantis

et al. 2014

IJGI

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Sustainable development is a key component in urban studies. Earth Observation (EO) can play a valuable role in sustainable urban development and planning, since it represents a powerful data source with the potential to provide a number of relevant urban sustainability indicators. To this end, in this paper we propose a conceptual list of EO-based indicators capable of supporting urban planning and management. Three cities with different typologies, namely Basel, Switzerland; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Tyumen, Russia were selected as case studies. The EO-based indicators are defined to effectively record the physicalproperties of the urban environment in a diverse range of environmental sectors such as energy efficiency, air pollution and public health, water, transportation and vulnerability to hazards. The results assess the potential of EO to support the development of a set of urban environmental indicators towards sustainable urban planning and management.

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Sustainable urban metabolism as a link between bio-physical sciences and urban planning: The BRIDGE project

Cited by 142 publications

References 75 publications

Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

The Mitigative Potential of Urban Environments and Their Microclimates

A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning and Management Based on Earth Observation

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