How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? – An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning

John, Beatrice; Keeler, Lauren Withycombe; Wiek, Arnim; Lang, Daniel J.

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2015.06.001

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“…Furthermore, they would be in charge of intellectual capacity-building by providing a comprehensive educational policy which is capable of mirroring the different value preferences and their respective (dis)advantages [40]. First attempts from transdisciplinary research of how to compose these arrangements can already be observed [41][42][43]. They have currently, however, not moved far beyond the local level.…”

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Welfare with or without Growth? Potential Lessons from the German Healthcare System

Fischer¹

2016

Sustainability

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This article is meant to be a contribution to the debate on growth and welfare. Its argument is based on results of a Grounded Theory study about the German healthcare system, which suggests that the core of the healthcare system can be expressed by two abstract basic ideas that are contradictory and yet dependent on each other. The implications of the results, both for future research on the healthcare system and for the debate on growth and welfare, are discussed. As a final suggestion, "sustainability" is proposed as a concept that could potentially resolve the debate.

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Welfare with or without Growth? Potential Lessons from the German Healthcare System

Fischer¹

2016

Sustainability

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“…On the 26 th anniversary (2016) of the International Day of Older Persons with the slogan "Take a Stand Against Ageism" (3), 12% (900 million individuals) of the world population were above 65 years of age. It is estimated that this rate will reach 22% (2 milliard individuals) by 2050 (3)(4)(5). According to the last national census in Iran in 2011, the Iranian elderly constitute 8.2% of the population and it has been predicted that our country will face an explosive increase in elderly population by 2031 (6,7).…”

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A study of the status of the elderly; bacterial infections, their causes, prevention, and control methods

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Mirzaei

Ravari

et al. 2016

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Background: On the 26 th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons in 2015 with the slogan "the elderly, advocates of dynamism, growth, and the youth of the population", 12% (900 million individuals) of the world population were above 65 years of age. It is estimated that this rate will reach 22% (2 milliard individuals) by 2050. The purpose of the present study was to determine the status of the elderly and bacterial infections, their causes, prevention, and control methods. Materials and Methods: In the present study, Magiran, SID, CAB Direct, PubMed, CDC, and World Health Organization (WHO) databases were searched using the keywords bacterial infections, old age, and control methods. The inclusion criteria included articles related to the study topic in English or Farsi. After the assessment of the articles, 40 articles were studied in detail. Results: Due to the relative increase in the duration of life and diseases related to old age, the recurrence of some infections has been observed in the elderly. Immune system dysfunction, lifestyle, living area, elderly care method, and underlying diseases can be effective on aging and acquiring of infectious diseases. In elderly patients, infections, unlike in young adults, do not have evident symptoms. More than 30% of cases of mortality among the elderly are due to infectious diseases. The most common infections in the elderly are urinary tract, respiratory, unspecified, intra-abdominal, skin, and catheter-related infections. Conclusions: Infectious diseases are of grave importance in the quantity of life and quality of life (QOL) of the elderly. Thus, the determination of their causes, the most common infectious diseases, and their causal factors in the world, developing countries, and Iran can play an important role in the management of these diseases.

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“…Here the ecosystem services (stocks and flows) provided by the natural environment within the city and its hinterland are evaluated. However in their review of sustainability in city visions, John et al (2015) conclude that the visions which are led by city representatives emphasize the functioning of the built environment within the city limits only, and the relationship with the hinterland is weak. Furthermore, they argue that this leads to a reduction in city resilience as experts on the hinterland are not represented and therefore not involved in the design of solutions.…”

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“…Whilst significant attention is given to smart city information technologies, data and innovation products, the broader city initiatives tend towards 'future city' concepts where knowledge dissemination, cooperation, policy reform and urban design run in parallel with big data and smart technologies Angelidou, 2015). Despite this broader approach to future city thinking John et al (2015), in their review of 92 urban visions across 13 countries, found that sustainability principles were poorly covered and that no city fully integrated all of the defined sustainability principles (i.e. relating to built form; ecosystems services; resource consumption and production; social and cultural practice; governance, and; city-catchment systems) within their vision.…”

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“…Water supply and disposal form two critical components of the city's metabolism that become more acute as cities grow (Wolman,1965;Jones, 1966), particularly as ecosystem service demand and consumption of resource per capita are outpacing population growth (John et al, 2015). In recent decades the rate of demand for water has been twice the rate of population growth and, under a business-as-usual climate scenario, a 40% global water deficit is predicted by 2030 (UN-WWAP, 2015).…”

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Accounting for groundwater in future city visions

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A B S T R A C TCity planners, urban innovators and researchers are increasingly working on 'future city' initiatives to investigate the physical, social and political aspects of harmonized urban living. Despite this, sustainability principles and the importance of urban groundwater are lacking in future city visions. Using London as a case study, the importance of groundwater for cities is highlighted and a range of future city interventions may impact on groundwater are reviewed. Using data from water resource plans and city planning strategies, changes in the groundwater balance which may occur as a result of city interventions are calculated for two future city scenarios: a 'strategic' future informed by organisational policy and an 'aspirational' future guided by sustainability principles. For London, under a strategic future, preferential investment in industry-scale technologies such as wastewater treatment and groundwater storage would occur. Acknowledgement that behaviour change offers the potential for a faster rate of transformation than innovation technologies is ignored. The capacity of community-led action and smart-home technologies to deliver sustainable water use under an aspirational future is evident, with a measurable impact on urban groundwater. These methods may be used to inform city interventions that consider the social context in addition to environmental constraints and business drivers.

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How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? – An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning

Cited by 48 publications

References 57 publications

Welfare with or without Growth? Potential Lessons from the German Healthcare System

Welfare with or without Growth? Potential Lessons from the German Healthcare System

A study of the status of the elderly; bacterial infections, their causes, prevention, and control methods

Accounting for groundwater in future city visions

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