Re-evaluating the impact of urban form on travel patternsin Europe and North-America

Coevering, Paul van de; Schwanen, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.10.001

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“…This study has since been repeatedly confirmed, extended, and updated (Boquet, 2009;Doi & Kurokawa, 2001;Schwanen, 2002;van de Coevering & Schwanen, 2006). Against this background, Hayashi (1996) developed a method to identify different stages of urbanization and economic development, by analyzing several components of the built environment and motorization, and then plotting transportation system performance and computing its environmental impact.…”

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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Toşa

Mitrea

Sato

et al. 2018

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This paper concentrates explicitly on examining the structural and functional transformations occurring within the metropolitan area of Bucharest, resulting from sustained economic growth during the past quarter century, by conducting a time analysis, spanning the entire period since the fall of the communist regime in late 1989.Cities in developed countries of Western Europe and Asia experienced rapid economic growth during the second half of the 20th century and exhibited novel patterns of evolution in terms of urban form and associated functional characteristics. Lately, these patterns have become manifest in Bucharest as well. However, transformations in human, social, residential, and transportation supply capital are difficult to observe directly. Hence, our methodology concentrates on studying interactions between several proxies connected to economic development within the metropolitan area of Bucharest. This paper should be read as an exploratory study that buttresses the assumption that improved economic well-being, when accompanied by the transition between a centrally planned economy to a market economy, increases motorization rates, while at the same time triggering a sharp decline in the use of public transport and contributing to aggressive urban sprawl processes. Moreover, hopefully it will guide future research dedicated to forecasting urban expansion paths and their determinants. Hopefully, it also informs policy design intended to promote sustainable urban mobility and accessibility.

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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

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Sato

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“…While most studies deal with transport energy requirements, e.g. [6][7][8], other works such as Halleux [9], highlight higher space and infrastructure requirements compared to denser alternatives. However, very few studies assess the total energy demand and associated greenhouse gas emissions related to a whole neighbourhood.…”

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Multi-scale life cycle energy analysis of a low-density suburban neighbourhood in Melbourne, Australia

Stephan

Crawford

Myttenaere

2013

Building and Environment

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There is an increasing pressure on cities worldwide to accommodate the increasing population.Most cities are likely to expand in the coming decades and this expansion will probably take place as low-density neighbourhoods. It is therefore crucial to assess the energy demand and related greenhouse gas emissions of such development from a comprehensive perspective. This paper uses a representative low density case study neighbourhood near Melbourne, Australia, to assess its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over 100 years. Different housing typologies, such as row houses and low-rise apartment buildings, are tested. Results show that the energy required to produce and replace building materials and infrastructures constitutes nearly 26.9% of the total energy consumption while operational and transport requirements represented 39.4% and 33.7% respectively. Variations to the housing types reveal that apartment buildings reduce the energy consumption per capita by 19.6% compared to the one-storey single family detached house typical pattern. Regardless of the uncertainty in the data, the main conclusion is that each of the embodied, operational and transport energy demand and associated greenhouse gas emissions should be lowered in order effectively reduce the environmental impacts of new urban neighbourhoods.

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“…Indeed, residential buildings represent the constituting brick of the urban fabric which largely conditions transport energy consumption [9][10][11][12]. Although socio-economic factors play an important role [11,13], the building location has a large impact on the total energy consumption of its inhabitants. For instance, a very energy efficient building (e.g.…”

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Towards a comprehensive life cycle energy analysis framework for residential buildings

Stephan

Crawford

Myttenaere

2012

Energy and Buildings

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Abstract:The current energy assessment of residential buildings focuses mainly on their operational energy demand, notably in terms of space heating and cooling. The embodied energy requirements of buildings and the transport energy consumption of their users are typically overlooked. Recent studies have shown that these two energy demands can represent more than half of the life cycle energy of a residential building over 50 years. This article presents a framework which takes into account energy requirements at the building scale, i.e. the embodied and operational energy of the building and its maintenance and refurbishment, and at the city scale, i.e. the embodied energy of nearby infrastructures (such as roads, power lines, etc.) and the transport energy (direct and indirect) of its users.Results from two test cases, located in Brussels, Belgium and Melbourne, Australia, confirm that each of the embodied, operational and transport requirements are nearly equally important. By integrating these three energy flows, the developed framework and associated software provides architects, building designers, planners and decision makers with a powerful tool to effectively reduce the overall energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions of residential buildings.

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Re-evaluating the impact of urban form on travel patternsin Europe and North-America

Cited by 134 publications

References 25 publications

Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Multi-scale life cycle energy analysis of a low-density suburban neighbourhood in Melbourne, Australia

Towards a comprehensive life cycle energy analysis framework for residential buildings

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