Journal articles: 'Urban Integrated Energy Planning (UIEP)'

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Arrizabalaga, Eneko, Iñigo Muñoz, Nekane Hermoso, Irantzu Urcola, José Luis Izkara, Iñaki Prieto, Juan Pedrero, Patxi Hernandez, and Lara Mabe. "Methodology for the Advanced Integrated Urban Energy Planning." Proceedings 20, no. 1 (July 25, 2019): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019020017.

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The holistic modelling approach required for the long-term integrated urban energy planning is becoming a big challenge since the complexity of cities, as well as their commitments are increasing rapidly. Many municipalities require technical support during the definition of the direction of their long-term energy transition plans. Innovative modelling approaches and the ex-ante impact assessment are necessary steps of the process since the direction adopted by the city will have many long-lasting implications not only in the energy and climate dimensions but also in their social and economic development. This paper presents the overall methodological and modelling approach and the initial results of the developed Advanced Integrated Urban Planning process that has been validated by its application in the cities of Helsinki, Hamburg and Nantes.

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He, Guoxin, Zhihong Yang, Jinda Zhu, Qi Wang, Dongmei Yang, Yonghua Chen, and Wei Du. "Application Challenges and Prospects of Urban Integrated Energy System Planning." E3S Web of Conferences 143 (2020): 02017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202014302017.

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The integrated energy system is the main physical carrier of the energy Internet. Planning is the leading link of its application, which directly affects the necessity and economy of the construction of the project. Firstly, the basic process of integrated energy planning is summarized. Then, three application challenges faced by urban integrated energy system planning are summarized from the perspective of engineering application: integrated energy system refinement modelling, multi-energy load integrated prediction, and expansion of planning boundaries. The corresponding strategies are given for the above challenges, and the development of integrated energy system planning and application is prospected, which provides reference for the staff engaged in urban integrated energy system planning and related investors.

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Moghaddam, Mohammad Reza Sadeghi, Fattaneh Hajinorouzi, Mojtaba Shirazkian, and Salameh Azimi. "Energy Saving Policy and Integrated Urban Planning for the Future." Energy and Environmental Engineering 2, no. 3 (March 2014): 67–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/eee.2014.020301.

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Lindkvist, Carmel, Eszter Juhasz-Nagy, Brita Fladvad Nielsen, Hans-Martin Neumann, Gabriele Lobaccaro, and Annemie Wyckmans. "Intermediaries for knowledge transfer in integrated energy planning of urban districts." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 142 (May 2019): 354–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.020.

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Regina de Casas Castro Marins, Karin. "A method for energy efficiency assessment during urban energy planning." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 3, no. 2 (September 9, 2014): 132–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-12-2013-0056.

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Purpose – Energy use in urban areas has turned a subject of local and worldwide interest over the last few years, especially emphasized by the correlated greenhouse gases emissions. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the overall energy efficiency potential and emissions resulting from integrated solutions in urban energy planning, in the scale of districts and neighbourhoods in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the description and the application of a method to analyse energy performance of urban areas and support their planning. It is a quantitative bottom-up method and involves urban morphology, urban mobility, buildings and energy supply systems. Procedures are applied to the case study of Agua Branca urban development area, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Findings – In the case of Agua Branca area, energy efficiency measures in buildings have shown to be very important mostly for the buildings economies themselves. For the area as a whole, strategies in promoting public transport are more effective in terms of energy efficiency and also to decrease pollutant emissions. Originality/value – Literature review has shown there is a lack of approaches and procedures able to support urban energy planning at a community scale. The bottom-up method presented in this paper integrates a plenty of disaggregated and multisectoral parameters at the same stage in urban planning and shows that is possible to identify the most promising actions by building overall performance indexes.

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Falcone, Ilaria, and Michele Grimaldi. "An Integrated Energy Strategy for the Optimization of Retrofit Actions in Urban Planning." Advanced Materials Research 935 (May 2014): 312–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.935.312.

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This research work aims at providing a methodology to analyze quantitatively energy sustainability of existing urban fabric and creating an urban energy system model as a decision support tool for the urban planning processes. Spatially resolved energy demand allows the identification of critical areas of energy consumption (CECA), in particular, a local-type spatial analysis has been adopted, GIS based, using a Kernel density estimation (KDE) and maps algebra. Within the CECA a simulation of energy consumption on an annual base for a representative building was carried out, in order to explore and estimate limits and vulnerabilities and to propose a hierarchy of energy-savings measures, addressing different scales of criticality in urban energy systems, from the city to district and block level.

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Urrutia-Azcona, Koldo, Patricia Molina-Costa, Iñigo Muñoz, David Maya-Drysdale, Carolina Garcia-Madruga, and Iván Flores-Abascal. "Towards an Integrated Approach to Urban Decarbonisation in Practice: The Case of Vitoria-Gasteiz." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 7, 2021): 8836. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168836.

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How can local authorities effectively approach the decarbonisation of urban environments? Recent efforts to redirect cities into a less energy-intensive model have been mostly approached from a sectoral perspective, with specific energy policies and plans being issued without deeply considering their ties with other urban aspects. In this sense, well-established urban planning procedures have not been part of those, with the consequence of barriers in the implementation phase of those energy plans. The Cities4ZERO methodology was developed to guide effective integration between urban planning and energy policies, plans, and practices. It provides a holistic approach to strategic municipal processes for urban decarbonisation in the mid-long term, which includes key local stakeholders’ engagement into integrated energy planning processes, as well as tools for effective energy decarbonisation modelling. This paper analyses the application of the Cities4ZERO decarbonisation methodology on its strategic stage in the development of Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Action Plan for an Integrated Energy Transition 2030 (APIET 2030). It suggests that in order to accelerate urban decarbonisation, it is critical to: (a) foster interdepartmental collaboration; (b) allow for flexibility on the land-use planning regulations; (c) back decisions with detailed urban-energy models; and (d) truly engage key local stakeholders in the planning and implementation processes.

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Urrutia-Azcona, Koldo, Elena Usobiaga-Ferrer, Pablo De Agustín-Camacho, Patricia Molina-Costa, Mauricia Benedito-Bordonau, and Iván Flores-Abascal. "ENER-BI: Integrating Energy and Spatial Data for Cities’ Decarbonisation Planning." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (January 4, 2021): 383. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010383.

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Given the current climate emergency, our planet is suffering. Mitigation measures must be urgently deployed in urban environments, which are responsible for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions. In this sense, a deeper integration between energy and urban planning disciplines is a key factor for effective decarbonisation in urban environments. This is addressed in the Cities4ZERO decarbonisation methodology. This method specifically points out the need for technology-based solutions able to support that integration among both disciplines at a local level, enriching decision-making in urban decarbonisation policy-making, diagnosis, planning, and follow-up tasks, incorporating the spatial dimension to the whole process (GIS-based), as well as the possibilities of the digital era. Accordingly, this paper explores the demands of both integrated urban energy planning and European/Basque energy directives, to set the main requisites and functionalities that Decision Support Systems (DSSs) must fulfil to effectively support city managers and the urban decarbonisation process.

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Paquet, Antoine, Geneviève Cloutier, and Myriam Blais. "Renewable Energy as a Catalyst for Equity? Integrating Inuit Interests With Nunavik Energy Planning." Urban Planning 6, no. 4 (December 16, 2021): 338–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i4.4453.

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Nunavik’s residents experience significant social and environmental disruptions due to climate change. These disruptions add to the widespread changes that the Inuit have encountered over the last century—changes that have left this community totally dependent on fossil fuels for heat and power. Over time, Nunavik’s residents have taken control of petroleum resources and their distribution, transforming this energy source into a major regional economic asset. Recently, there has been a transition towards renewable energy technologies (RETs) in Nunavik. However, are these alternative sources of energy appealing to local residents? This article explores the potential of RETs through the lens of procedural and substantive equity in the context of Inuit interests and integrated sustainability. Based on informal discussions with Inuit residents, interviews with stakeholders of the energy transition in Nunavik, and a literature analysis, this article presents two main results: (1) The level of substantive equity depends mainly on the type of RET and on idiosyncrasies between communities, and (2) local governance and procedural equity need to be asserted so that RETs can become true catalysts for equity.

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De Pascali, Paolo, and Annamaria Bagaini. "Energy Transition and Urban Planning for Local Development. A Critical Review of the Evolution of Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning." Energies 12, no. 1 (December 23, 2018): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12010035.

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The aim of the article is to analyse the evolution of spatial and energy planning integration, seen as a mean to foster local development, from the birth of the theme to the current prospects of shared sustainability and Decentralised Energy System (DES) solutions. The paper is a review of the evolution of the spatial and energy planning integration, exploring weaknesses and future opportunities. After an initial period of intense theoretical elaboration, the relationship between energy and city physical-functional organization and planning is still far from finding an implementation. The article explains this lack of integration through the analyses of significant steps in the last 50 years with the aim to outline current obstacles in achieving a more comprehensive vision of energy and spatial planning. The experiences selected highlight critical aspects concerning the trend towards the divergence of energy planning from systemic urban and spatial planning, also due to the low consideration of energy as a factor for local development. From the processes of decentralization and energy localism, some perspectives emerge which converge on the eco-energy district as a projection of the local energy community and which seem to enhance a more systemic and strategic dimension of planning.

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MÖRTBERG, ULLA, ANDREAS ZETTERBERG, and BERIT BALFORS. "URBAN LANDSCAPES IN TRANSITION, LESSONS FROM INTEGRATING BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT MODELLING IN PLANNING." Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 14, no. 01 (March 2012): 1250002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1464333212500020.

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Sustainable urban development has been widely recognized as requiring energy and transport efficient urban growth, while ecological issues are often not well integrated in sustainability assessments and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). In order to achieve such integration, methods and tools based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in a Landscape Ecological Assessment (LEA) framework were developed and integrated in planning in four case studies in and around the city of Stockholm, Sweden. This involved the application of recently developed methods for impact prediction and for integration into the planning processes. The aim of the study was to compare the case studies concerning strengths and weaknesses of LEA and its GIS-based components. The methodology enabled identification of important structures in the landscape to support biodiversity, across administrative borders. The LEA facilitated discussions on consequences of alternatives for localisation of built-up areas, infrastructure and other developments as well as management. The GIS-based LEA approach could thus contribute to a sustainable urban development with consideration of the landscape-level biodiversity values integrated with energy-efficient urban growth trajectories.

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Liang, Hao, Wei Ding Long, J. Keirstead, N. Samsatli, and Nilay Shah. "Urban Energy System Planning and Chinese Low-Carbon Eco-City Case Study." Advanced Materials Research 433-440 (January 2012): 1338–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.1338.

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An integrated urban energy system planning model named SynCity which could make overall considerations of architecture site selection and layout, energy demand prediction, energy technologies optimal selection and energy flow distribution is shown in this paper and demonstrates it in the case of Shanghai Lingang New City. By case study simulation it offers a promising low-carbon emission solution which is the combination of gas engine heat pump and building cooling, heating and power. The energy flow between different cells of the city is obtained at the same time.

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Xu, Xiaoyan, Ying Wang, Yingjun Ruan, Jian Wang, Kailiang Ge, Yongming Zhang, and Haikui Jin. "Integrated Energy Planning for Near-Zero Carbon Emission Demonstration District in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Meishan District in Ningbo, China." Energies 15, no. 3 (January 25, 2022): 874. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15030874.

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Reasonable regional integrated energy planning is an important prerequisite for the construction of a Near-Zero Carbon Emission Demonstration District (NCEDD). An integrated energy planning scheme that is based on a three-step planning method with the objective of achieving an NCEDD is proposed in this paper. First, the planning objectives should be determined. After that, the planning strategies should be established. Finally, the planning approaches should be proposed according to the previously determined objectives and strategies. A case study considering the integrated energy planning of the Meishan International Near-Zero Carbon Emission Demonstration District (MINCEDD) is investigated to explain the planning method. In addition, the planning results, which are indicated as indexes, are explained, analyzed, and compared to the ones of other districts. The indexes include a proportion of renewable energy to primary energy (73% by 2030 and 108% by 2050), a proportion of renewable power to total power consumption (98% by 2030 and 111% by 2050), and CO2 emission reduction rates (70% by 2030 and 100% by 2050) and are more advanced than other districts in China. This planning scheme and method can provide a reference for the integrated energy planning of NCEDDs in developed urban areas.

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Cremades, Roger, and Philipp S. Sommer. "Computing climate-smart urban land use with the Integrated Urban Complexity model (IUCm 1.0)." Geoscientific Model Development 12, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): 525–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-525-2019.

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Abstract. Cities are fundamental to climate change mitigation, and although there is increasing understanding about the relationship between emissions and urban form, this relationship has not been used to provide planning advice for urban land use so far. Here we present the Integrated Urban Complexity model (IUCm 1.0) that computes “climate-smart urban forms”, which are able to cut emissions related to energy consumption from urban mobility in half. Furthermore, we show the complex features that go beyond the normal debates about urban sprawl vs. compactness. Our results show how to reinforce fractal hierarchies and population density clusters within climate risk constraints to significantly decrease the energy consumption of urban mobility. The new model that we present aims to produce new advice about how cities can combat climate change.

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Kitessa, Bedassa Dessalegn, Semu Moges Ayalew, Geremew Sahilu Gebrie, and Solomon T/mariam Teferi. "Optimization of urban resources efficiency in the domain of water–energy–food nexus through integrated modeling: a case study of Addis Ababa city." Water Policy 24, no. 2 (January 31, 2022): 397–431. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2022.213.

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Abstract This study aims to understand the long-term (2020–2050) urban water–energy–food (WEF) resources access and sustainability in Addis Ababa city through a nexus modeling approach. Several feasible scenarios in line with improving WEF resources supply and access through conservation, system rehabilitation and technology input are explored. The water system scenarios include rehabilitation and conservation scenario, water supply enhancement scenario, technology input scenario and integrated water improvement scenario. The energy scenario includes energy conservation scenario and new renewable supply enhancement scenarios and integration of both scenarios as integrated energy scenario. The food system scenarios include crop yield productivity and irrigation water use efficiency scenarios of urban agricultural system. The integrated WEF nexus scenario is the integration of all scenarios under one nexus framework. The results are evaluated against baseline scenario. At a system level, the integrated water scenario result provides a water saving potential of 26 and 52% from the baseline scenario by 2030 and 2050, respectively, whereas the integrated energy use scenario saves energy by as much as 22 and 48%. For respective years, under the integrated WEF nexus scenario, the integrated water use scenario for low energy intensity reduces the energy use for urban water system by 23 and 72% from the baseline scenario. Similarly, urban food production have also shown enhancement. Urban food production system in Addis Ababa city is relatively small and does not significantly affect the food import from other parts of the country. Overall, the results WEF nexus modeling approach revealed the importance of exploring integrated nexus approach to sustainable urban water energy and food development and management as a first attempt at the urban scale.

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Wang, Haofeng, Yaolin Liu, Guangxia Zhang, Yiheng Wang, and Jun Zhao. "Multi-Scenario Simulation of Urban Growth under Integrated Urban Spatial Planning: A Case Study of Wuhan, China." Sustainability 13, no. 20 (October 13, 2021): 11279. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011279.

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Although many publications have noted the impact of urban planning on urban development and land-use change, the incorporation of planning constraints into urban growth simulation has not been adequately addressed so far. This study aims to develop a planning-constrained cellular automata (CA) model by combining cell-based trade-off between urban growth and natural conservation with a zoning-based planning implementation mechanism. By adjusting the preference parameters of different planning zones, multiple planning-constrained scenarios can be generated. Taking the Wuhan Urban Development Area (WUDA), China as a case study, the planning-constrained CA model was applied to simulate current and future urban scenarios. The results show a higher simulation accuracy compared to the model without planning constraints. With the weakening of planning constraints, urban growth tends to occupy more ecological and agricultural land with high conservation priority. With the increase in preference on urban growth or natural conservation, the future urban land pattern will become more fragmented. Furthermore, new urban land beyond the planned urban development area can be captured in future urban scenarios, which will provide certain early warning. The simulation of the current urban spatial pattern should help planners and decisionmakers to evaluate the past implementation of urban planning, and scenarios simulation can provide effective support for future urban planning by evaluating the consequences.

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Puleo, Valeria, Vincenza Notaro, Gabriele Freni, and Goffredo La Loggia. "Multicriteria performance analysis of an integrated urban wastewater system for energy management." Journal of Hydroinformatics 19, no. 6 (September 2, 2017): 865–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2017.159.

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AbstractThe optimization and management of an integrated urban wastewater system is a complex problem involving many processes and variables. The possible control options are defined by several management strategies that may differently impact the economic, operational or environmental performance of the system. The present paper aims to contribute to the environmental and energy sustainability of urban wastewater systems by means of a multicriteria performance analysis. The paper begins with a complete analysis of the system performance in several fields of interest (energy, environment, quality of service, operation, economy and financial resources), and it highlights the management strengths and weaknesses in each subsystem. The analysis was carried out by means of a prototype, developed during the ALADIN project, which enables understanding the system, planning effective improvement actions and assessing their possible effects in each part of the urban water cycle. To demonstrate the potential of such an approach, it was tested on an actual integrated urban wastewater system in Sicily.

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Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo, Arminda Almeida, Nuno Sousa, and João Coutinho-Rodrigues. "A Case Study Driven Integrated Methodology to Support Sustainable Urban Regeneration Planning and Management." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (July 31, 2019): 4129. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154129.

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Urban regeneration involves the integrated redevelopment of urban deprived areas, covering physical, socio-economic and environmental aspects of cities, and it is concerned with interventions on early/inner-ring suburbs and historic centers, which are under pressure from population growth and sustainable development policies. The planning and management of urban regeneration interventions usually depend on the city and regional context. Although these interventions involve multiple issues and stakeholders, common characteristics can be identified, thus appealing for a holistic vision and coordination among the various dimensions of the problem. Based on the above context, and on the experience from a large-scale urban regeneration project, this article introduces an integrated methodology to support the planning and management of urban regeneration interventions. The methodology proposes a flexible baseline that can be adapted to urban regeneration projects of different contexts and dimensions, and defines steps, the corresponding stakeholders, and the teams’ engagement, in an integrated framework to plan and oversee urban regeneration actions towards more sustainable and resilient interventions.

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Huang, He, DaPeng Liang, and Zhen Tong. "Integrated Energy Micro-Grid Planning Using Electricity, Heating and Cooling Demands." Energies 11, no. 10 (October 18, 2018): 2810. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11102810.

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Many research works have demonstrated that taking the combined cooling, heating and power system (CCHP) as the core equipment, an integrated energy system (IES), which provides multiple energy flows by a combination of different energy production equipment can bring obvious benefit to energy efficiency, CO2 emission reduction and operational economy in urban areas. Compared with isolated IES, an integrated energy micro-grid (IEMG) which is formed by connecting multiple regions’ IES together, through a distribution and thermal network, can further improve the reliability, flexibility, cleanliness and the economy of a regional energy supply. Based on the existing IES model, this paper describes the basic structure of IEMG and built an IEMG planning model. The planning was based on the mixed integer linear programming. Economically, construction planning configuration are calculated by using known electricity, heating and cooling loads information and the given multiple equipment selection schemes. Finally, the model is validated by a case study, which includes heating, cooling, transitional and extreme load scenarios, proved the feasibility of planning model. The results show that the application of IEMG can effectively improve the economy of a regional energy supply.

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Ondrejicka, Vladimir, Michal Hajduk, Lubomir Jamecny, Milan Husar, and Matej Jasso. "Positive Energy District Replication - Case Study of the City of Trencin, Slovakia." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1203, no. 2 (November 1, 2021): 022087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1203/2/022087.

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Abstract Energy efficiency has been of the key topics for urban planning for the past few years in relation to sustainable development, resilience as well as climate change. There are many technological approaches aiming at efficient use of energy, innovative technologies and renewable sources of energy, but what is often missing is its relation to spatial planning and planning system and documentation. Horizon 2020 project Making City is striving to promote Positive Energy District (PED) planning and methodology aiming at development of new integrated strategies to address the urban energy system transformation towards low carbon cities, with the PED approach as the core of the urban energy transition pathway. It is implemented on the level of cities and city districts, having two types of areas – two lighthouse cities and six follower cities. The city of Trencin (Slovakia) is one of the follower cities where multiple urban areas have been selected to replicate the PED concept developed by the project consortium. Trencin is the eight largest city is Slovakia with a rich manufacturing history in textile and arms industry. It is currently focusing on diversified its economic activities in the sectors of tourism, innovation, culture and industry. The PED replication will involve a broader city centre area including multiple municipal buildings (schools and sports infrastructures) and residential buildings (individual housing and apartments). The following paper describes the key notions from the PED concept providing a holistic approach on harmonizing energy and urban planning for energy. It evolved from single, unintegrated, simple “building” based interventions into PED concepts looking forward to reaching energy and climate targets which will lead to an integrated energy planning. The paper further explores this PED approach in the city of Trencin, including the challenges it had to overcome during the implementation, as well as perspectives for its future development. The aim of the project further on is to create a standardized concept ready to be the core of specific urban energy transitions planning processes.

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Wang, Yiping, Wei Tian, Li Zhu, Jianbo Ren, Yonghui Liu, Jinli Zhang, and Bing Yuan. "Interactions between Building Integrated Photovoltaics and Microclimate in Urban Environments." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 128, no. 2 (August 30, 2005): 168–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2188533.

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BIPV (building integrated photovoltaics) has progressed in the past years and become an element to be considered in city planning. BIPV has significant influence on microclimate in urban environments and the performance of BIPV is also affected by urban climate. The thermal model and electrical performance model of ventilated BIPV are combined to predict PV temperature and PV power output in Tianjin, China. Then, by using dynamic building energy model, the building cooling load for installing BIPV is calculated. A multi-layer model AUSSSM of urban canopy layer is used to assess the effect of BIPV on the Urban Heat Island (UHI). The simulation results show that in comparison with the conventional roof, the total building cooling load with ventilation PV roof may be decreased by 10%. The UHI effect after using BIPV relies on the surface absorptivity of original building. In this case, the daily total PV electricity output in urban areas may be reduced by 13% compared with the suburban areas due to UHI and solar radiation attenuation because of urban air pollution. The calculation results reveal that it is necessary to pay attention to and further analyze interactions between BIPV and microclimate in urban environments to decrease urban pollution, improve BIPV performance and reduce cooling load.

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van Beuzekom, Iris, Bri-Mathias Hodge, and Han Slootweg. "Framework for optimization of long-term, multi-period investment planning of integrated urban energy systems." Applied Energy 292 (June 2021): 116880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116880.

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MAEDA, Hideto, Toyohiko NAKAKUBO, and Akihiro TOKAI. "DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR URBAN AND ENERGY PLANNING TOWARDS A LOW-CARBON CITY." Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research) 68, no. 1 (2012): 21–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/jscejer.68.21.

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Ivanovich, Matreninsky, Gorbaneva Petrovna, Mishchenko Valerievich, and Bredikhina Vladimirovna. "Methodological approach to planning the reconstruction of urban environment." Journal of Applied Engineering Science 20, no. 1 (2022): 206–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/jaes0-34560.

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The article substantiates the need for a comprehensive multidimensional reconstruction of the territories of cities and settlements, caused by social, urban planning and economic reasons. For effective planning of the reconstruction of sections of the urban environment, a systematic approach is proposed as a leading methodology, which allows one to design interrelated solutions for the reorganization of various objects of the urban environment in order to bring them in line with current norms and modern requirements. At the same time, sections of the urban environment are presented in the form of a complex hierarchical system - a system-integrated urban planning education - and are expressed by a subject structure with components and objects included in it. Physical deterioration, obsolescence, "technical comfort" are taken as indicators of the effectiveness of the functioning and development of a system-integrated urban planning education. Based on a systematic approach, a stratified mathematical model for the choice of options for actions, technical and technological solutions has been developed when designing the reconstruction of urban areas with minimization of resource consumption.

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Zheng, Yunfei, Shiwei Xie, Zhijian Hu, Jueying Wang, and Shunfei Kong. "The optimal configuration planning of energy hubs in urban integrated energy system using a two-layered optimization method." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 123 (December 2020): 106257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106257.

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Heymans, Angela, Jessica Breadsell, Gregory Morrison, Joshua Byrne, and Christine Eon. "Ecological Urban Planning and Design: A Systematic Literature Review." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (July 8, 2019): 3723. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133723.

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Urbanization is a defining feature of the modern age, yet the current model of urban development profoundly alters the natural environment, often reducing biodiversity and ultimately threatening human wellbeing. An ecologically based urban planning and design paradigm should consider a more harmonious relationship. Through a systematic literature review of 57 papers, this research identified relevant concepts and theories that could underpin this new paradigm. It revealed a noticeable increase in academic interest in this subject since 2013 and the development of concepts and theories that reflect a more holistic socio-ecological systems approach to urban planning and design based on a transdisciplinary integration and synthesis of research. Seven main themes underpin the academic literature: ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems, resilience, biodiversity, landscape, green infrastructure, as well as integrated and holistic approaches. Six of these can be organised into either a sustainability stream or a spatial stream, representing the foundations of a potential new ecological urban planning and design paradigm that applies sustainability-related concepts in a spatial setting. The final theme, integrated and holistic, includes concepts that reflect the fundamental characteristics of this new paradigm, which can be termed ‘urban consonance’.

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Chang, Chun Kiat, Nor Azazi Zakaria, and Mohd Radzman Othman. "Integrated Urban Stormwater Management and Planning for New Township Development in Malaysia." MATEC Web of Conferences 246 (2018): 01112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201824601112.

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The on-going Kwasa Damansara Township development is aspire to be a township development with an initiative to unlock the land value and spur development in the region, and demands a high quality built environment. The township development strategy has considered a number of sustainable elements such as landscape and ecology, water, waste, green infrastructure, green buildings, green mobility and green energy. The key design objective for the proposed development is to create a new focal point that reflects the township of a 21st Century; one that is green, connected and has a sense of place making. The Urban Design Guidelines was prepared to guide and assist all the stakeholder contribution towards a well coordinated development and high quality public realm and build environment. In doing so, one of the initiatives was to formulate the long term solution for the flooding, drainage and stormwater related issues by urban stormwater management. By integrating stormwater management planning with landscape and environmental planning, it will add aesthetic and recreational values to the water amenities. The township development is planned to become a showpiece of the urban stormwater management for the region.

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Vilathgamuwa, Mahinda, Yateendra Mishra, Tan Yigitcanlar, Ashish Bhaskar, and Clevo Wilson. "Mobile-Energy-as-a-Service (MEaaS): Sustainable Electromobility via Integrated Energy–Transport–Urban Infrastructure." Sustainability 14, no. 5 (February 27, 2022): 2796. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14052796.

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The transport sector is one of the leading contributors of anthropogenic climate change. Particularly, internal combustion engine (ICE) dominancy coupled with heavy private motor vehicle dependency are among the main issues that need to be addressed immediately to mitigate climate change and to avoid consequential catastrophes. As a potential solution to this issue, electric vehicle (EV) technology has been put forward and is expected to replace a sizable portion of ICE vehicles in the coming decades. Provided that the source of electricity is renewable energy resources, it is expected that the wider uptake of EVs will positively contribute to the efforts in climate change mitigation. Nonetheless, wider EV uptake also comes with important issues that could challenge urban power systems. This perspective paper advocates system-level thinking to pinpoint and address the undesired externalities of EVs on our power grids. Given that it is possible to mobilize EV batteries to act as a source of mobile-energy supporting the power grid and the paper coins, and conceptualize a novel concept of Mobile-Energy-as-a-Service (MEaaS) for system-wide integration of energy, transport, and urban infrastructures for sustainable electromobility in cities. The results of this perspective include a discussion around the issues of measuring optimal real-time power grid operability for MEaaS, transport, power, and urban engineering aspects of MEaaS, flexible incentive-based price mechanisms for MEaaS, gauging the public acceptability of MEaaS based on its desired attributes, and directions for prospective research.

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Penazzi, Stefano, Riccardo Accorsi, and Riccardo Manzini. "Planning low carbon urban-rural ecosystems: An integrated transport land-use model." Journal of Cleaner Production 235 (October 2019): 96–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.252.

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Sun, Yu, Elisabete Silva, Wei Tian, Ruchi Choudhary, and Hong Leng. "An Integrated Spatial Analysis Computer Environment for Urban-Building Energy in Cities." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 16, 2018): 4235. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114235.

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In this paper, we developed a new integrated analysis environment in order to thoroughly analyses urban-building energy patterns, named IUBEA (integrated urban building energy analysis), which focuses on energy modeling and analysis of a city’s building stock to support district or city-scale efficiency programs. It is argued that cities and towns account for more than two-thirds of world energy consumption. Thus, this paper explores techniques to integrate a spatial analysis environment in the field of urban building energy assessment in cites to make full use of current spatial data relevant to urban-building energy consumption and energy efficiency policies. We illustrate how multi-scale sampling and analysis for energy consumption and simulate the energy-saving scenarios by taking as an example of Greater London. In the final part, is an application of an agent-based model (ABM) in IUBEA regarding behavioral and economic characteristics of building stocks in the context of building energy efficiency. This paper first describes the basic concept for this integrated spatial analysis environment IUBEA. Then, this paper discusses the main functions for this new environment in detail. The research serves a new paradigm of the multi-scale integrated analysis that can lead to an efficient energy model, which contributes the body of knowledge of energy modeling beyond the single building scale. Findings also proved that ABM is a feasible tool to tackle intellectual challenges in energy modeling. The final adoption example of Greater London demonstrated that the integrated analysis environment as a feasible tool for building energy consumption have unique advantages and wide applicability.

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Agugiaro, G., J. L. Robineau, and P. Rodrigues. "PROJECT CI-NERGY: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED ENERGY URBAN PLANNING SYSTEM FROM A DATA MODELLING AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVE." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences IV-4/W3 (September 25, 2017): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-iv-4-w3-5-2017.

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Growing urbanisation, its related environmental impacts, and social inequalities in cities are challenges requiring a holistic urban planning perspective that takes into account the different aspects of sustainable development. One crucial point is to reconcile urban planning with environmental targets, which include decreasing energy demand and CO2 emissions, and increasing the share of renewable energy. Within this context, the project CI-NERGY aims to develop urban energy modelling, simulation and optimisation methods and tools to support decision making in urban planning. However, there are several barriers to the implementation of such tools, such as: fragmentation of involved disciplines, different stakeholders, multiplicity of scales in a city and extreme heterogeneity of data regarding all the processes to be addressed. Project CI-NERGY aims, among other goals, at overcoming these barriers, and focuses on two case study cities, Geneva in Switzerland and Vienna in Austria. In particular, project CI-NERGY faces several challenges starting with different cities, heterogeneous data sources and simulation tools, diverse user groups and their individual needs. This paper describes the experiences gathered during the project. After giving a brief overview of the project, the two case study cities, Geneva and Vienna, are briefly presented, and the focus shifts then on overall system architecture of the project, ranging from urban data modelling topics to the implementation of a Service-Oriented Architecture. Some of the challenges faced, the solutions found, as well some plans for future improvements are described and commented.

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Yin, Binxin, Yaowang Li, Shihong Miao, Yujun Lin, and Haipeng Zhao. "An economy and reliability co-optimization planning method of adiabatic compressed air energy storage for urban integrated energy system." Journal of Energy Storage 40 (August 2021): 102691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102691.

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Zhang, Jiawang, Jianguo Wang, Jingmei Tao, Siqi Tang, and Wutao Zhao. "Integrated Zoning Protection of Urban Remains from Perspective of Sustainable Development—A Case Study of Changchun." Sustainability 14, no. 10 (May 11, 2022): 5800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14105800.

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In recent years, the development of urbanization in China has entered a new stage with “quality” as its core. In the process of sustainable urban development, urban planning and construction relics are precious historical warnings and educational resources, and in the stage of accelerated urbanization, social transformation, and industrial upgrading, urban sites face severe pressure and challenges for conservation. This paper presents a summary analysis of various international charters concerning historical and cultural heritage in recent times, and analyzes the urban spatial structure, urban functional zoning, and the differences and evolutionary characteristics of urban construction sites between the pseudo-Manchukuo Xinjing plan and other regions of the world in the same period from a global perspective. The city of Changchun is also used as an example to systematically analyze the existing relics in Changchun using a historical-geographical perspective and spatial analysis methods. The results show that, firstly, the conservation objects of Chinese relics are being enriched and the scope of protection is being expanded, but that there is a lack of protection and utilization of urban heritage and its surrounding environment. Secondly, that the road network system and spatial structure of the pseudo-Manchukuo Xinjing city planning are basically preserved, that the urban green space and functional zoning have been changed, and that the architectural relics show a spatial distribution trend of north-north-east. Thirdly, that the urban functional zoning has been used to construct an urban relics protection area in which three suggestions for the protection of urban relics have been put forward: to establish a holistic protection system for urban planning functional areas; to establish a “district-axis-point” trinity protection model to promote the effective function recovery of urban planning and construction functional areas; and to continue the effective functions of the city. This provides reference for the study of modern urban planning ideas and solutions for current sustainable urban development, upgrading of public service facilities, and green low-carbon urban transformation.

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Wu, Min, Bingxin Yan, Ying Huang, and Md Nazirul Islam Sarker. "Big Data-Driven Urban Management: Potential for Urban Sustainability." Land 11, no. 5 (May 3, 2022): 680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11050680.

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With the world’s rapidly growing urbanization, urban sustainability is now expected for urban life. Due to this rapid growth, meeting the emerging challenges for urban management and sustainability worldwide is challenging. Big data-driven technologies can be an excellent solution to address these upcoming challenges. Therefore, this study explores the potential of big data technologies for ensuring sustainability in urban management. The study conducted a systematic literature review guided by PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis) on publications over the last 21 years. The study argues that urban management is an integrated function of public and private agencies to address the significant challenges of urban life and to develop the city as more competitive, habitable, and sustainable. Urban management can utilize big data analytics (BDA) for digital instrumentation, data-informed policy decisions, governance, real-time management, and evidence-based decisions. Urban sustainability can ensure the smooth operation of urban affairs through strategic planning under three major dimensions: social, economic, and environmental. Big data technologies can ensure smart transport, traffic, waste management, energy, environment, infrastructure, safety, healthcare, planning, and citizen participation in regular urban affairs to provide a better urban life. This study develops several indicators that will be helpful for concerned stakeholders in policy, planning, designing, and implementing sustainable urban development.

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Hazell, Emily C. "Disaggregating Ecosystem Benefits: An Integrated Environmental-Deprivation Index." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 15, 2020): 7589. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187589.

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The valuation of ecosystem services has become an integral part of smart urban planning practices. Traditionally designed to bridge ecology and economy through economic language and logic (e.g., goods and services), this conceptual framework has developed into an effective tool for interdisciplinary work. The concept of ecosystem services is used to improve the management of ecosystems for human well-being. However, gaps in how to govern ecological benefits remain. Specifically, identifying which stakeholders benefit the most from the provision of ecosystem services remains largely unaddressed. This study examines the spatial discordance between ecosystem services and the residential stakeholders who may benefit. Using a landscape approach to quantify urban ecosystem services, an area-based composite index was developed for the City of Toronto, Canada, based on the three pillars of sustainability in order to identify potentially vulnerable populations. This method combines the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and spatial multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) to combine and weight a select grouping of socioeconomic and ecological indicators. In addition, two sets of enumeration units (i.e., dissemination areas and census tracts) were evaluated to assess the potential impact of measurement scale on subsequent decision or policy outcomes. Results indicate the spatial interdependencies between ecological and socioeconomic processes in an urban setting, offering a unique framework for novel planning and policy intervention strategies. The influence of measurement scale was demonstrated, creating an opportunity to assess an appropriate policy scale by which to measure and evaluate trends over time and space. This approach seeks to provide a flexible and intuitive planning tool that can help to achieve goals relating to urban sustainability, resiliency and equity.

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Schuetze, Thorsten, Joong-Won Lee, and Tae-Goo Lee. "Sustainable Urban (re-)Development with Building Integrated Energy, Water and Waste Systems." Sustainability 5, no. 3 (March 7, 2013): 1114–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su5031114.

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León, Esteban Zalamea, Rodrigo García Alvarado, Reinaldo Sánchez Arriagada, and Sergio Baeriswy. "Assessment of Integrated Performance and Roof Geometry for Solar Energy." Open House International 41, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2016-b0010.

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The roofs of houses located at middle latitudes receive significant solar radiation useful to supply their own energy demands and to feed back into the urban electricity network. However, solar panels should be properly integrated into roofs. This study analyzed roof geometry and integrated solar performance of Photovoltaic, thermal-photovoltaic, and hybrid solar collection technologies on dwelling cases selected from a sample of recent housing developments in Concepción, Chile. Hour-by-hour energy generation estimates and comparisons with demand levels were calculated for representative days during seasons of maximum, minimum as well as mid-season. These estimates took into account the roof tilt and orientation effects also. Trnsys@ software was used to determine electricity supply and F-Chart tool for thermal energy supply. The results show five times more panels can be placed on the largest and most regular shaped roof sections than on those with the smallest and most irregular shapes. The house model with the largest roof section can provide up to six times more energy than the model with the smallest second roof section in different seasons and systems. This paper thus provides new findings on the performance of solar technologies when related to home energy demands and roof geometry.

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Alvarado, Rodrigo G., Underlea M. Bruscato, Maureen T. Kelly, Flavio C. D'Amico, and Olavo E. Oyola. "Connecting up Capacities: Integrated Design for Energy-Efficient Housing in Chile." Open House International 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 60–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2012-b0007.

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Integrated design is a strategy to develop sustainable architecture projects incorporating multidisciplinary work and environmental performance assessments, which has provided significant advancement to public buildings in developed countries. This paper presents a review of some aspects of integrated design for the planning and construction of energy efficient housing in the south of Chile, as part of the reconstruction process following the earthquake on 27th February 2010. Firstly, a synthesis is made of the characteristics, implicit conditions, participants, steps, resources and expected results of an integrated design approach according to existing references. This is then contrasted with normal housing design practice in Chile according to current building regulations and interviews with professionals in the field. The design processes of experimental houses and housing projects that place specific focus on energy performance are then analysed, with follow-ups and interviews to review significant aspects. After examining those experiences, the authors identify some particular features and resources of integrated design that promote environmental improvements.

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Osmond, Paul. "The urban structural unit: towards a descriptive framework to support urban analysis and planning." Urban Morphology 14, no. 1 (November 27, 2009): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.51347/jum.v14i1.3951.

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At the most fundamental level, a city represents a set of structured relationships between space, form and flows. This paper focuses on the description of urban space and form to propose a classification framework to support subsequent explanation and interpretation of the flows of materials, energy and information which characterize the city. Description of urban form in terms of type, number and arrangement of parts and part-to-part relations, rather than explanation in terms of land use or historical derivation, is identified as the basis for decomposition of an urban space into a set of relatively morphologically homogeneous entities, or urban structural units (USUs). To enable a rigorous definition of the USU, this paper introduces the notion of a parallel hierarchy of open space, complementary techniques derived from space syntax to describe the urban street network, and consideration of other civil infrastructure networks (water, electricity etc.). Land classification systems are examined to assess the role of geophysical properties in delineating USUs. These diverse elements are combined into an integrated classification framework with the potential to support urban analysis, planning and design across multiple scales of investigation.

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Medeiros, Eduardo, and Arno van der Zwet. "Sustainable and Integrated Urban Planning and Governance in Metropolitan and Medium-Sized Cities." Sustainability 12, no. 15 (July 24, 2020): 5976. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12155976.

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This paper examines the design and implementation process of Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development (ISUD), as well as their main effects and lessons learned in two European cities: Barcelona in Spain, a vibrant European metropolis, and Évora in Portugal, a medium-sized city with a world heritage historic centre. The former is facing socioeconomic challenges in some of its neighbourhoods, while the latter, a regional capital of an already depopulated region, Alentejo, is facing further depopulation and socioeconomic challenges. Following from a qualitative analysis of ISUD and other urban plans implemented in past decades, the article employs a framework with five analytical dimensions, based on the policy cycle (priority setting, participatory approaches, implementation strategy, collaboration networks, and measuring results and impact). These provide a framework to identify best practices. The findings demonstrate that ISUD in both cities provides impetus for sustainable strategic planning, but can be strengthened in particular via the active involvement of citizens and stakeholders in the elaboration and implementation of these ISUD. Conversely, the results demonstrate mounting challenges that many urban planners in medium-sized towns face in relation to inverting depopulation trends, raising further questions of to what extent European Cohesion policy, and ISUD in particular, can contribute to territorial cohesion objectives whilst also aiming to achieve other policy goals.

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Al-Thani, Hanadi, Muammer Koç, Rima J. Isaifan, and Yusuf Bicer. "A Review of the Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (August 24, 2022): 10517. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710517.

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Several challenges have emerged due to the increasing deterioration of urban mobility and its severe impacts on the environment and human health. Primary dependence on internal combustion engines that use petrol or diesel has led to poor air quality, time losses, noise, traffic jams, and further environmental pollution. Hence, the transitions to using rail and or seaway-based public transportation, cleaner fuels, and electric vehicles are some of the ultimate goals of urban and national decision-makers. However, battery, natural gas, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles require charging stations to be readily available with a sustainable energy supply within urban regions in different residential and business neighborhoods. This study aims to provide an updated and critical review of the concept and recent examples of urban mobility and transportation modes. It also highlights the adverse impacts of several air pollutants emitted from internal combustion engine vehicles. It also aims to shed light on several possible systems that integrate the electric vehicle stations with renewable energy sources. It was found that using certain components within the integrated system and connecting the charging stations with a grid can possibly provide an uninterrupted power supply to electric vehicles, leading to less pollution, which would encourage users to use more clean vehicles. In addition, the environmental impact assessments, as well as several implementation challenges, are discussed. To this end, the main implementation issues related to consumer incentives, infrastructure, and recommendations are also reported.

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Grea, Gabriele, Giorgio Besagni, and Marco Borgarello. "Mobility, energy, environment and disruptive innovation: Challenges, opportunities and perspective for new sustainable integrated approaches to planning." ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, no. 1 (November 2020): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/efe2020-001001.

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The transport sector represents approximately 30% of the final energy consumption in the Eu-ropean Union. Cars, trucks and light vehicles are responsible for 70% of the final energy con-sumed in the transport sector (source: Eurostat). The process of decarbonisation of mobility is represented by a combination of technological, behavioural and policy dynamics to be effec-tively fostered and combined in order to maximise their impact. The introduction provides a review of the main mobility and energy integrated planning ap-proaches represented by Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), as well as a brief overview of the expected impacts of disruptive innovation and their inclusion in the revised approach towards mobility planning in Europe. This picture provides the framework for the presentation of the papers selected for the 2020 EPEE special issue on sustainable mobility, and their contribution to the progress of economic research to increase the knowledge of innovation trends that strongly influence the evolution of urban mobility networks.

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Wennersten, Ronald, Qie Sun, and Martin de Jong. "How can the Gradual Development of More Sustainable Energy Systems Be Integrated in Urban Planning in China?" Energy Procedia 88 (June 2016): 23–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.008.

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Kolmes, Steven. "Intended and Unintended Consequences of Two Paradigms of Urban Planning, and Their Social Justice and Human Health Impacts, in Portland, Oregon." Environments 9, no. 10 (October 12, 2022): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments9100130.

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This article describes two contesting paradigms of urban planning employed successively in Portland, Oregon; (1) urban planning typical of the US in the first half of the 20th Century that was focused on traffic and infrastructure, and (2) progressive urban planning focused on neighborhood livability and connections. It gives a history of their implementation in Portland, focusing on issues of racial and socioeconomic justice in the Albina neighborhood. Recent knowledge about air pollution’s impacts on human health, and infant and childhood development, are integrated into the discussion of urban planning. It describes racially and socioeconomically disproportionate access to urban green spaces, with the corresponding health implications. It also describes attempts to mitigate such health implications, sometimes resulting in “green gentrification” and displacement. The article asks if the results of the two paradigms of urban planning were objectively different from one another in terms of impacts on minority and disadvantaged communities. Future urban planning, and the need for human health concerns becoming central, are discussed.

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Han, Keying, Shitai Bao, Meixuan She, Qixin Pan, Yina Liu, and Biao Chen. "Exploration of Intelligent Building Planning for Urban Renewal." Sustainability 15, no. 5 (March 3, 2023): 4565. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15054565.

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The spatial layout of urban villages seriously affects the living environment and integrated development of urban and rural areas. Using digital means to assist in the reconstruction of urban villages is necessary and urgent. This study built an urban renewal framework for intelligent building planning with a proposed multi-party collaborative pattern. First, villagers’ needs, and relevant standards and regulations were merged into planning requirements, which were formulated into planning goals and criteria. With the quantitative goals and criteria, building planning and design algorithms were developed. Furthermore, the method was verified to achieve an intelligent layout of buildings. Finally, under certain conditions, the average difference between the plot ratio calculated by the program and the actual plot ratio was 0.02, and that between the building intensity calculated by the program and the actual building intensity was 0.02. Within 11.43 hectares, 500 buildings were generated with a total floor area of 27.72 hectares, and the average time taken for scheme generation was 10 s. This method can efficiently generate a plan similar to the actual floor area ratio and building density and optimize the problem of insufficient spacing. Moreover, adjusting the parameters can automatically generate a variety of schemes that can support the layout design of rural buildings.

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Li, Guijun, Yongsheng Wang, and Yulong Li. "Synergies within the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to Support the Integrated Urban Resources Governance." Water 11, no. 11 (November 12, 2019): 2365. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11112365.

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Rapid urbanization poses great challenges to water-energy-food nexus (WEF-Nexus) system, calling for integrative resources governance to improve the synergies between subsystems that constitute the Nexus. This paper explores the synergies within the WEF-Nexus in Shenzhen city while using the synergetic model. We first identify the order parameters and their causal paths in three subsystems and set several eigenvectors under each parameter. Secondly, a synergetic model is developed to calculate the synergy degree among parameters, and the synergetic networks are then further constructed. Centrality analysis on the synergetic networks reveals that the centralities of food subsystem perform the highest level while the water subsystem at the lowest level. Finally, we put forward some policy implications for cross-sectoral resources governance by embedding the synergy degree into causal paths. The results show that the synergies of the Nexus system in Shenzhen can be maximized by stabilizing water supply, coordinating the energy imports and exports, and reducing the crops sown areas.

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Milone, Angelo, Daniele Milone, Francesco Claudio Campione, and Salvatore Pitruzzella. "Urban Waste as Resource for Sustainable Environment." Applied Mechanics and Materials 394 (September 2013): 304–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.394.304.

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The emerging model of waste disposal, develops an integrated approach based on waste reduction, selection, recycling, energy recovery and residual use of landfill. Here we discuss the fundamentals of a proper planning of waste disposal system, specially the thermal recovery, the integration and the methodological approach, either from the environmental and economic point of view. The growing demand for energy, the resulting environmental problems due to satisfy the demand for energy and the complex-economic system, necessitate the study of new technologies such as energy from municipal solid waste (MSW) obtaining as a result of decrease huge mass of solid waste to sanitary landifill and emissions of landifill gas as (CH4 and CO2 ). Therefore, we propose to validate a technical, economical and environmental analysis of waste-treatment systems with enphasis on generation of energy. The recovery of heat from a waste-to-energy plant, can make a useful contribution to the city energy needs. Whilst we have been slow to exploit fully this resource in Sicily, economically in urban areas.

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Palma, Valerio, Federico Accorsi, Alessandro Casasso, Carlo Bianco, Sarah Cutrì, Matteo Robiglio, and Tiziana Tosco. "AdRem: An Integrated Approach for Adaptive Remediation." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (December 22, 2020): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010028.

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Abandoned industrial sites are generally characterized by soil and subsoil contamination. The paradigm currently employed for their remediation is “tabula rasa”, i.e., remediation of the entire site before its repurpose. However, this method is not economically, socially, or technologically sustainable: it delays the reuse of large areas, often well-connected to infrastructures, whose reuse may prevent further soil consumption. A possible solution to this problem is the application of adaptive reuse principles. This study, conducted at FULL (Future Urban Legacy Lab) in Politecnico di Torino, presents an interdisciplinary approach to spatialize, visualize, and manage interactions between reclamation and urban design for the transformation of contaminated urban areas. The core is based on a decision support parametric toolkit, named AdRem, developed to compare available remediation techniques and schematic urban design solutions. AdRem uses a 3D modeling interface and VPL scripting. Required input data are a geometric description of the site, data on the contamination status, viable remediation techniques, and associated features, and schematic urban design recommendations. A filtering process selects the techniques compatible with the site use foreseen. The output is an optimized remediation and reuse plan that can support an interdisciplinary discussion on possible site regeneration options.

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Joensuu, Tuomo, Markku Norvasuo, and Harry Edelman. "Stakeholders’ Interests in Developing an Energy Ecosystem for the Superblock—Case Hiedanranta." Sustainability 12, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 327. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12010327.

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Policy objectives aimed toward zero-energy buildings call for the utilization of building-integrated renewable energy and distributed energy resources (DER). To enhance the utilization of DER, previous literature proposed the concept of an integrated community energy system (ICES). This research suggested using superblocks (units of multiple urban blocks) to define geographical limits, social contexts, and possibly common administrations for ICESs along with other living- and sustainability-related activities in an urban context. Through interviews with key stakeholders and an analysis, this research investigates the applicability of the superblock-ICES as a way of reaching the low-carbon objectives in the Hiedanranta brownfield development project in the city of Tampere, Finland. This research confirms that the driving forces of community-based solutions are economic benefits, technical development, and objectives of sustainability, and reveals or confirms that social acceptability, missing planning practices, economic risk, and missing or hindering legislation are the main issues or barriers of superblock-ICESs. For a wider adoption of superblock-ICESs, this research suggests cross-disciplinary piloting, together with developing planning practices and simulation tools. In Finland, legislative reforms are needed to remove the barriers and clarify issues related to security, reliability, customer protection, and public interest in governing a locally and collectively owned energy system.

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Behzadian, K., Z. Kapelan, G. Venkatesh, H. Brattebø, and S. Sægrov. "WaterMet2: a tool for integrated analysis of sustainability-based performance of urban water systems." Drinking Water Engineering and Science 7, no. 1 (June 16, 2014): 63–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/dwes-7-63-2014.

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Abstract. This paper presents the "WaterMet2" model for long-term assessment of urban water system (UWS) performance which will be used for strategic planning of the integrated UWS. WaterMet2 quantifies the principal water-related flows and other metabolism-based fluxes in the UWS such as materials, chemicals, energy and greenhouse gas emissions. The suggested model is demonstrated through sustainability-based assessment of an integrated real-life UWS for a daily time-step over a 30-year planning horizon. The integrated UWS modelled by WaterMet2 includes both water supply and wastewater systems. Given a rapid population growth, WaterMet2 calculates six quantitative sustainability-based indicators of the UWS. The result of the water supply reliability (94%) shows the need for appropriate intervention options over the planning horizon. Five intervention strategies are analysed in WaterMet2 and their quantified performance is compared with respect to the criteria. Multi-criteria decision analysis is then used to rank the intervention strategies based on different weights from the involved stakeholders' perspectives. The results demonstrate that the best and robust strategies are those which improve the performance of both water supply and wastewater systems.

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