Urban Systems Design: A Conceptual Framework for Planning Smart Communities

Tobey, Michael; Binder, Robert B.; Chang, Soo Chul; Yoshida, Takahiro; Yamagata, Yoshiki; Yang, Perry Pei‐Ju

doi:10.3390/smartcities2040032

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“…Ref. [24] focused on the impacts of design on changing urban systems and proposed a framework for the planning and designing of public projects. Ref.…”

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Insights into the Impacts of Mega Transport Infrastructures on the Transformation of Urban Fabric: Case of BRT Lahore

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State of the art mass transit systems, such as bus rapid transit (BRT), have appeared to be an innovative solution to meet the mobility needs of many world cities. However, their ability to transform surrounding urban fabric remains less explored in the developing world. This paper examines the impacts of BRT Lahore on land development patterns, considering the phenomena of land use revitalization, densification, and property reconfiguration. We have used quantitative approaches to gauge the changes in the urban fabric, with respect to the local neighborhood conditions and parcel level attributes, using multilevel logit models. The results of the logit models reveal heterogeneous impacts on conversions to commercial plazas, apartment buildings, and mixed-use buildings. The distance to the BRT station and size of the property is significantly associated with these conversions. Overall, one can notice a lack of a sense of place making and an absence of transit-oriented zoning around BRT stations. The desire of sustainable transit-oriented development to intensify land uses according to local conditions requires local urban designers and planners to think ahead of the curve by working on the regulatory and zoning restrictions governing the designs of built environment and also address the issues of gentrification and social inequity.

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“…Ref. [24] focused on the impacts of design on changing urban systems and proposed a framework for the planning and designing of public projects. Ref.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insights into the Impacts of Mega Transport Infrastructures on the Transformation of Urban Fabric: Case of BRT Lahore

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“…It indicates that life course events do not always lead to a change in car ownership. The costs (time, money, and convenience) of changing car ownership in general make respondents reluctant to choose a sustainable mobility tool [33][34][35][36]. As for the choice of the mobility tool, people prefer a conventional car over an EV, in case they replace the current car or purchase an additional car.…”

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The Effects of Life Course Events on Car Ownership and Sustainable Mobility Tools Adoption Decisions: Results of an Error Component Random Parameter Logit Model

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Zhong

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Life course events can change household travel demand dramatically. Recent studies of car ownership have examined the impacts of life course events on the purchasing, replacing, and disposing of cars. However, with the increasing diversification of mobility tools, changing the fleet size is not the only option to adapt to the change caused by life course events. People have various options with the development of sustainable mobility tools including electric car, electric bike, and car sharing. In order to determine the impacts of life course events on car ownership and the decision of mobility tool type, a stated choice experiment was conducted. The experiment also investigated how the attributes of mobility tools related to the acceptance of them. Based on existing literature, we identified the attributes of mobility tools and several life course events which are considered to be influential in car ownership decision and new types of mobility tools choice. The error component random parameter logit model was estimated. The heterogeneity across people on current car and specific mobility tools are considered. The results indicate people incline not to sell their current car when they choose an electric bike or shared car. Regarding the life course events, baby birth increases the probability to purchase an additional car, while it decreases the probability to purchase an electric bike or joining a car sharing scheme. Moreover, the estimation of error components implies that there is unobserved heterogeneity across respondents on the sustainable mobility tools choice and the decision on household’s current car.

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“…As mentioned previously, technological development has motivated the formulation of smart cities. Although this concept is based on the development of information and communications technology (ICT) and the internet of things (IoT), it also influences the physical perspective of urban development, such as zones, infrastructure allocations, and urban transport networks [11,15]. It is noted that universal agreement on a specific definition of a "smart city" is still lacking at present, and its primary field is in the usage of ICT and IoT in the sectors of infrastructure, buildings, and energy [84].…”

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“…Freudendal-Pedersen et al (2019) [14] discussed the impacts of mobility on smart cities, particularly on the aspects of automation and sustainability. Tobey et al (2019) [15] demonstrated a conceptual framework for planning smart communities to take account of sustainable transport, which employed an iterative three-phase development loop. Hammad et al (2019) [11] proposed a mathematical optimization framework to optimize zoning, land-use allocation, the location of novel constructions, and investment decision-making related to infrastructure projects in smart cities.…”

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A Theoretical Research Framework of Future Sustainable Urban Freight Transport for Smart Cities

Haasis

2020

Sustainability

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This paper aims to construct a theoretical research framework for sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT) from the perspectives of future urban development and distribution innovations, and appropriate research methods are discussed, as well. Urban freight transport plays a critical role in the promotion of sustainable and livable cities. According to the literature review, considerable research on SUFT has focused on resolving some specific problems with a short-term perspective. The existence of an urban freight transport strategy is noted, which should be embedded in an overall sustainable development strategy with a long-term perspective (approximately 20–30 years). Nevertheless, considerable research has paid scant attention to the long-term planning of SUFT. Given this, this paper contributes to the closure of this gap. First, this paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) to highlight published papers involving foresight research within the past 16 years (2003–2018). This step contributes to the understanding of research methods that can be used in foresight research. Subsequently, this paper discusses the impacts of both urban development and distribution innovations on future SUFT, and these effects are used to select the appropriate methods to construct the theoretical research framework. Finally, the theoretical research framework of long-term planning for SUFT is developed on the basis of two future perspectives: the trends of urban development and the application of urban distribution innovations. This framework is intended to provide an approach to designing sustainable urban logistics, taking into account urban development and distribution innovations.

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Urban Systems Design: A Conceptual Framework for Planning Smart Communities

Cited by 24 publications

References 46 publications

Insights into the Impacts of Mega Transport Infrastructures on the Transformation of Urban Fabric: Case of BRT Lahore

Insights into the Impacts of Mega Transport Infrastructures on the Transformation of Urban Fabric: Case of BRT Lahore

The Effects of Life Course Events on Car Ownership and Sustainable Mobility Tools Adoption Decisions: Results of an Error Component Random Parameter Logit Model

A Theoretical Research Framework of Future Sustainable Urban Freight Transport for Smart Cities

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