Organizational learning for resilient cities, through realizing eco-cultural innovations

Dieleman, Hans

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.027

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“…Cities have an indisputable role to play in driving to, and securing of a sustainable future for humankind [8,9,1,10,6,11]. Described a response to environmental disturbance, how habitats and ecosystems can re-organise spontaneously after a disturbance, or as vulnerability of a system to irreversible change resilience of cities and the need for cities of the future to be resilient has also been identified [12,13,14,1,15,16] with today's sustainable strategies requiring the capability to deliver their intended benefits whatever the future may hold [17]. A sustainable city can be defined as a multifaceted complex entity with numerous interconnected networks and cycles [10].…”

Section: Sustainable Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Investigation into Minimizing Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects: A UK Perspective

O’Malley¹,

Piroozfarb

Farr

et al. 2014

Energy Procedia

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Cities are major sources of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and the effects of mass urbanization upon the environment have now become clear. Great opportunities exist within cities for tackling climate change. Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomenon where significant temperature difference between inner micro-climates of a city and their neighboring microclimates can be perceived. Mitigation of UHI effects can positively contribute to alleviate detriments of climate change. This research project aims to investigate effective and resilient UHI mitigation strategies and to provide guidance for their application in future. A review of literature indicates that UHI is a growing problem in the UK and that mitigation of such effects would enhance sustainable development at urban scale. The lack of guidance for designers and planners looking into mitigating the UHI effect is also identified. Utilizing ENVI-met simulations and through Urban Futures Assessment Method (UFAM), this research identifies and tests resilient and effective UHI mitigation strategies. Results show that building form, orientation and layout are among the most effective UHI mitigation strategies. Trees, shrubs and grass (TSG), and use of high albedo materials (HAM) in external building surfaces are also indicated as effective measures whose success is dependent on building form. All assessed mitigation strategies (TSG, HAM, UIWB) are shown to have a similar level of resilience which could be improved if properly future-proofed against subsequent changes. Accordingly some practical suggestions are provided to help improve the resilience of tested UHI mitigation strategies.

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Section: Sustainable Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Investigation into Minimizing Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects: A UK Perspective

O’Malley¹,

Piroozfarb

Farr

et al. 2014

Energy Procedia

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“…Recently the concept of sustainability has been intertwined closely with the notion of resilience as the latter is seen as inevitable if the former is intended to cling to a more sustained future. Resilience of cities and the need for cities of the future to be resilient has been identified as a necessary measure for the city of future and described as a response to environmental disturbance, how habitats and ecosystems can re-organise spontaneously after a disturbance, or as vulnerability of a system to irreversible change (Dieleman, 2013;Jabareen, 2013;Jansson, 2013;Muller, 2007). Today's sustainable strategies are expected to maintain the capability to deliver their intended benefits whatever the future may hold (Lombardi et al, 2012).…”

Section: Sustainable Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis

O’Malley¹,

Piroozfar

Farr

et al. 2015

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Urbanisation may have been shown to have no effect on climate change, but some researchers suggest that cities are fully capable of responding to it. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) represent dense urban areas within cities where the temperature is recorded to be higher than the neighbouring areas or those located in suburbia. Mitigation of UHI effects can help diminish detriments of climate change. This paper sets out to establish UHI mitigation strategies, their effectiveness and resilience to help provide recommendations for application of such strategies in future. Existing literature suggest that UK is facing with growing problem of UHI effects and sustainable development at urban scale can be improved if proportionate measures are taken to mitigate those effects. The lack of guidance for designers and planners with regards to UHI mitigation is also indicated in the literature where trees, shrubs and grass (TSG), use of high albedo materials (HAM) in external building surfaces and urban inland water bodies (UIWB) are identified as effective measures to mitigate UHI. This research identifies and tests resilience and effectiveness of UHI mitigation strategies, using ENVI-met simulations and through Urban Futures Assessment Method (UFAM).Assessed mitigation strategies (TSG, HAM, UIWB) are shown to have a similar level of resilience which could be improved if proper future-proof measures are taken in place. As a result, some practical suggestions are provided to help improve the resilience of tested UHI mitigation strategies in this study.

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“…However, none talk about the creation of trust or the elaboration of common goals as a process that needs better understanding. A shared vision and shared mental models (Dieleman, 2013;Senge, 2006) are other key components. According to Senge, shared mental models are the internalized representations of the world that each of us possesses and which guide our actions.…”

Section: From Organisational Learning To Governance Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governance Learning: Building a Network around Managerial Innovations

Vitry¹,

Chia²

2015

Contingency, Behavioural and Evolutionary Perspectives on Public and Nonprofit Governance

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Organizational learning for resilient cities, through realizing eco-cultural innovations

Cited by 64 publications

References 4 publications

An Investigation into Minimizing Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects: A UK Perspective

An Investigation into Minimizing Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects: A UK Perspective

Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis

Governance Learning: Building a Network around Managerial Innovations

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