The changing role of decision support instruments in integrated infrastructure planning: lessons from the Sustainability Check

Heeres, Niels; Tillema, Taede; Arts, Jos

doi:10.1080/03081060.2018.1488933

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“…Generally, lock-in is the entrenchment of a technology due to an initial context that favors the adoption, continued investment into a technology, and, lastly, increasing returns that reinforce the technology and diminish opportunities for other technologies. More specifically, lock-in, as quoted from Cecere et al (2014) and aligned with many other academics, occurs when 'returns of adoption cause a pathway to become self-reinforcing' (Arthur 1989, Pierson 2000, van der Vleuten and Raven 2006, Cantarelli et al 2010, Khalil 2013, Heeres et al 2015, Klitkou et al 2015, Seto et al 2016, Wesseling and van der Vooren 2017, Hetemi et al 2020. A few take this definition further, stating that lock-in occurs when the implemented solution is inefficient compared to other available technology, or the implemented technology has significant negative consequences (Cantarelli et al 2010, Corvellec et al 2013, Cairns 2014, Markolf et al 2018.…”

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Lock-in: origination and significance within infrastructure systems

Helmrich,

Chester,

Miller

et al. 2023

Environ. Res.: Infrastruct. Sustain.

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Infrastructure systems have legacies that continue to define their priorities, goals, flexibility, and ability to make sense of their environments. These legacies may or may not align with future needs, but regardless of alignment, they may restrict viable pathways forward. Infrastructure ‘lock-in’ has not been sufficiently confronted in infrastructure systems. Lock-in can loosely be interpreted as internal and external pressures that constrain a system, and it encourages self-reinforcing feedback where the system becomes resistant to change. By acknowledging and recognizing that lock-in exists at small and large scales, perpetuated by individuals, organizations, and institutions, infrastructure managers can critically reflect upon biases, assumptions, and decision-making approaches. This article describes six distinct domains of lock-in: technological, social, economic, individual, institutional, and epistemic. Following this description, strategies for unlocking lock-in, broadly and by domain, are explored before being contextualized to infrastructure systems. Ultimately, infrastructure managers must make a decision between a locked in and faltering but familiar system or a changing and responsive but unfamiliar system, where both are, inevitably, accepting higher levels of risk than typically accustomed.

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Section: Historical Analysis Of Lock-inmentioning

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Lock-in: origination and significance within infrastructure systems

Helmrich,

Chester,

Miller

et al. 2023

Environ. Res.: Infrastruct. Sustain.

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“…To explore the participant value profile with relative shares of different sustainability values, we developed a typology that focuses on sustainability values, starting from existing typologies in use for Dutch road infrastructure planning (Sustainability Check; 'Omgevingswijzer' in Dutch, see omgevingswijzer.org; Heeres et al 2016Heeres et al , 2018. These sustainability values provide the potential for participants to inform decisions about place, broadly defined (Shamai & Ilatov 2005), we used the twelve sustainability values presented in Table 1.…”

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Identifying Citizens' Place Values for Integrated Planning of Road Infrastructure Projects

Hilbers

Sijtsma

Busscher

et al. 2021

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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Projects for road infrastructure and spatial development easily meet public resistance because of a lack of local knowledge of place values by (often non-local) planners. The aim of this study is to explore how insights in place values might improve the local knowledge base for planners of integrated road infrastructure projects and spatial development. We developed, tested and analysed the results from a novel online value-mapping tool called the 'Place Value Identifier'. The developed method allows us to (i) relate to 'soft' valuable places identified by Public Participation GIS as a complement to 'hard' land use data, (ii) define Valued yet Unprotected places based on combining 'hard' and 'soft' values and (iii) illustrate how these insights can be used for integrated planning of road infrastructure projects. The findings of this study show the increased potential of value mapping techniques and illustrate possible resistance areas around road infrastructure planning projects. This knowledge may assist planners in creating and selecting acceptable project alternatives that may invoke high public acceptance. Key words: place values; the Netherlands; Public Participation GIS (PPGIS); valued yet unprotected places; land use values; road infrastructure projects This is an open access article under the terms of the Creat ive Commo ns Attri bution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…Using Sydney's Metro as a case study, this paper demonstrates the significance of the 4 th separate dimension of engineering into the aforementioned bottom-line factors. The notion of a fourth dimension was also endorsed by renowned authors including, Heeres et al (2018), Legaspi et al (2015) and Sierra et al (2018).…”

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Utilization of adaptive methodology to underpin rail transportation systems: Sydney metro’s methodical formulation

Gharehbaghi

McManus

Myers

2021

JEDT

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Purpose As a part of adaptive and complex system thinking, geographic information systems (GIS) are beneficial particularly for transportation projects, where uncertainty is frequent. Accordingly, this paper aims to examine the utilization of GIS in line with adaptive and complex system thinking, as the basis of the methodical formulation of perceived gaps within the integrated transportation planning (ITP) specifically for the mega transportation projects. Such a framework is undertaken, as the mega transportation projects although may seem straightforward, however, are problematic and require more consideration than the traditional triple bottom line factors. Using the Sydney Metro as the case study, the outcome demonstrates the significance of the fourth separate dimension of engineering into the aforementioned bottom-line factors. Design/methodology/approach The research examines the utilization of adaptive and complex system thinking, as the basis of the methodical formulation of perceived gaps within the ITP. The use of Sydney’s Metro project is a novel example of the proposed methodical formulation and its empirical assessment and provides a better understanding of the use of mapping and planning tools for mega transportation projects. Findings Aptly, using the developed conceptual framework, this research further validates the inclusion of a separate engineering dimension with the usual triple bottom line factors. Such inclusion is paramount in responding to the existing ITP gaps found within the current literature. Originality/value This research uses GIS and ITP process to support the aforementioned adaptive and complex system thinking. This, in turn, is used as the basis of a methodical formulation framework in dealing with mega rail transportation infrastructure. To support such a proposition, Sydney Metro is examined as the basis of a case study.

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The changing role of decision support instruments in integrated infrastructure planning: lessons from the Sustainability Check

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Lock-in: origination and significance within infrastructure systems

Lock-in: origination and significance within infrastructure systems

Identifying Citizens' Place Values for Integrated Planning of Road Infrastructure Projects

Utilization of adaptive methodology to underpin rail transportation systems: Sydney metro’s methodical formulation

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