Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

Plessis, Chrisna du

doi:10.1080/09613218.2012.628548

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“…Change., 78, 90-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2010.10.008 Díaz, M., Darnhofer, I., Darrot, C., Beuret, J.E., 2013 Transitions, 8, 62-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016Transitions, 8, 62-75. http://dx.doi.org/10. /j.eist.2013 du Plessis, C., 2012. Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment.…”

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Momparler¹,

Sara²

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. "Don't go through life, grow through life" Eric ButterworthA regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to dedicate this thesis to my husband, Iñaki, for his unconditional support, at home and abroad.I am grateful to my thesis directors, Dr. Joaquín Andreu and Dr. Ignacio Andrés, for their guidance throughout the process. My special thanks to the latter, for all the fun moments we have enjoyed in between the hard work.A special mention of professor Chris Jefferies, to whom I am thankful for the orientation he has provided all along my career, both at the academic and the professional levels. Thanks also to Dr. Sue Charlesworth, for all that I learned during my stay at Coventry University.A warm gratitude to Susan Dodson, for her friendship and the time she has dedicated to improving the English grammar of my publications.And a special thanks to my parents, Carmen and Antonio; to my "new" parents, Maria and Roberto; and to Amparo, for transmitting their energy and believing in me.Last, but not least, a special mention to my offspring Pablo and Ana, who are happily accompanying me in the last part of this project.A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ABSTRACTUnder the well-known slogan 'think global, act local', cities in the 21 st century face the enormous challenge of catalyzing, intensifying and accelerating sustainable urban transformations. Without losing a holistic view, the methodology presented in this thesis places the focus on 'resource management and climate mitigation and adaptation', in particular in urban stormwater management, proposing processes that can bring about the required change, shaped by the place-based approach of the regenerative sustainability paradigm.Building upon literature and practice that supports a flexible approach to stormwater management in urban environments that mimic natural processes and predevelopment hydrology (Sustainable Drainage Systems, SuDS) as one way to, amongst others, help to prevent and adapt to climate change, the thesis highlights the relevance of the connection to the place for adoption of best practices that conduct towards a regenerative system. Hence, it incorporates this connection to the place to the SuDS representation, naming it the SuDS 'landed rocket'.The proposed methodology includes a conceptual framework, specific method and tools, that allows for the understanding and the characterization of the current situation of a urban stormwater system in a process that guides future actions to move towards the desired regenerative urban built environment concept, with a place-based holistic view.This methodology has been applied to Benaguasil, a Mediterranean city, where stormwater ma...

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Momparler¹,

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“…This extends beyond more traditional mechanistic definitions of social resilience within the framework of socio-ecological systems theory (Walker, Holling, Carpenter, & Kinzig, 2004) towards a definition of social resilience within a theory of empowerment (MacKinnon & Derickson, 2013), including the ability of individuals, and the communities they live in, to develop the capacities needed to promote social justice in relation to any resilient strategies (Maguire & Cartwright, 2008). The rate at which the Anthropocene is transforming our planet demands a new paradigm for how we understand our role as humans in the world in order fundamentally to readdress currently dysfunctional social and organizational values, relationships and actions (du Plessis, 2012). This in turn demands new approaches to developing our governance of urban production processes and is essential if we are to contain the global warming within a range 1.5 -2.08C in order to prevent irreversible and truly catastrophic changes (COP21).…”

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Co-producing neighbourhood resilience

Stevenson

Petrescu

2016

Building Research & Information

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“…Industrial Ecology considers the industrial system as an ecosystem to create a closed-loop operating as the nature [6]. The Kalundborg area [7] is a good example of industrial symbiosis, which aims to optimize the water use, to save energy and to reuse waste;  Regenerative Design is the study of environment and community of a place to design in harmony with them [8]. This design involves seeing the environment, the community, and the systems as a whole [9].…”

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Maintenance as a Cornerstone for the Application of Regeneration Paradigm in Systems Lifecycle

Diez

Marangé

Mayer

et al. 2015

Complex Systems Design &Amp; Management

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The circular economy is an economy, firstly, considering the natural resources as finite and the nonexistence of waste, secondly, assimilating the industrial system as a natural system and, finally, emphasizing the paradigm of regeneration. Nevertheless, this paradigm is not clearly defined and this paper aims to found it by proposing solutions to its implementation in the industrial world. The proposal is based on a comparison between the natural system and the industrial system by using the trophic organization model and their elements. Then, the maintenance process is seen as a key element of regeneration. Finally, the notion of nutrient is studied and taken into account in an industrial process.

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Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Co-producing neighbourhood resilience

Maintenance as a Cornerstone for the Application of Regeneration Paradigm in Systems Lifecycle

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