Reflections on disruptive energy innovation in urban retrofitting: Methodology, practice and policy

Dixon, Tim; Lannon, Simon Charles; Eames, Malcolm

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.009

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“…Urban foresight mainly focuses on creating a coherent vision of the city to plan and manage future long-term changes [7,53,54,56,72,[74][75][76]. Foresight, in relation to cities, has as well been applied in such specific research areas as urban spatial planning [55], demographic change [77], climate change and energy innovations [78,79] as well as ageing society [80].…”

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Foresight as a Tool for the Planning and Implementation of Visions for Smart City Development

Szpilko

2020

Energies

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Global change, including population growth, economic development and climate change constitute urgent challenges for the smart cities of the 21st century. Cities need to effectively manage their development and meet challenges that have a significant impact on their economic activity, as well as health and quality of life for their citizens. In the context of continuous change, city decision-makers are constantly looking for new smart tools to tackle it. This article addresses this gap, indicating foresight as an effective tool that anticipates the future of a smart city. Its aim is to develop a methodology for planning and implementing a vision of smart city development based on foresight research. The proposed methodology consists of five stages and was developed with the use of methodology for designing hybrid systems. It is an organised, transparent and flexible process which can facilitate the development of sustainable and smart future visions of smart city development by virtue of the involvement, knowledge and experience of a large number of urban stakeholders at all stages of its creation. The article discusses in detail the operationalisation of each stage of the methodology in which the following main methods were used: megatrend analysis, factors analysis: social (S), technological (T), economic (E), ecological (E), political (P), relating to values (V) and legal (L) (STEEPVL), structural analysis, Delphi, creative visioning, scenarios and identifying actions related to the development of a smart city, divided into four categories: new, so far not undertaken (N); implemented so far, to be continued (C); redundant, to be discontinued (R); actions that have been implemented in the past and to be restored (R) (NCRR). The summary enumerates the benefits that foresight implementation can bring to the smart city.

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Section: Fundamentals Of Foresightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foresight as a Tool for the Planning and Implementation of Visions for Smart City Development

Szpilko

2020

Energies

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“…In addition, a large part of the literature suggests that retrofitting encompasses other stakeholders, such as developers and financiers (Dixon and Eames, 2013;Dixon et al, 2018). Although currently out of the scope of this article, targeting these would complement the current findings.…”

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“…In most of these contexts, existing infrastructure in the suburbs is also more critical, given the more informal settlements. Some factors can also undermine retrofitting strategies, such as pressures associated with poverty, economic development, land use, and governance (Dixon et al, 2018). Culture could be another type of pressure, given that retrofitting initiatives can come into conflict with socio-cultural elements (Sunikka-Blank and Galvin, 2016;Khalid and Sunikka-Blank, 2017).…”

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Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

Cravioto

Mosqueda²

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Retrofitting strategies aim to reduce environmental footprints promoting the development or upgrade of existing infrastructure. One crucial aspect of successful retrofitting strategies is local culture, which can harmonise or come into conflict with retrofitting initiatives. However, investigations on the influence of local practises, particularly in the global south, are limited and such influence deserves more attention. This article explores the connexion between local culture and retrofitting strategies, focusing on wall and roof material selection in the Metropolitan Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico (ZMVO). We begin with a brief review of the retrofitting initiatives at related governmental levels. Then, through a survey, we analyse the choices and reasons for selecting specific materials for walls and roofs in the ZMVO. We discuss to what extent cultural practises and preferences have been considered or left behind in the strategies and ensuing challenges. The findings confirm important premises. First, tradition and community support were not relevant factors in wall or roof material selection. Material reuse, energy efficiency, and sustainability-related reasons were also not essential to the preferences. Instead, protection (against rain, earthquakes, theft and accidents), hygiene, and aesthetics had a consistently higher priority. We also found that poverty or lack of other options intersects with the use of precarious materials, creating constrained choices. However, the most crucial finding was that choosing less environmentally or culturally compatible materials was strongly connected with deprivation, having important implications in the selection of materials and retrofitting strategies. The current retrofitting initiatives call for sustainability and efficiency, but the local practises render these efforts insufficient and incoherent. Poverty and informal housing are the main emphases of the local policy. However, the policy focuses on new infrastructure and much less on the existing housing, causing less efficient retrofits. Guidelines for more sustainable material selection have advanced, but regulation and enforcement remain weak. We conclude by discussing all these challenges and providing a set of recommended actions in new initiatives.

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“…Foresightin relation to citiesfocuses on creating coherent city visions in order to plan and manage future long-term change (Dixon et al, 2018b;Ding, 2005;Glińska, 2013;Ravetz and Miles, 2016). Urban foresight mainly focuses on creating a coherent vision of the city to plan and manage future long-term changes (LaColla, 1999;UNDP, 2014;GOS, 2016;Czajor et al, 2015;Dixon et al, 2018a;Kamińska et al, 2016;Bendyk et al, 2018;Król, 2018;Mahmud, 2011).…”

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STEEPVL and Structural Analysis as a Tools Supporting Identification of the Driving Forces of City Development

Szpilko¹,

Glińska²,

Szydło³

2020

ERSJ

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Purpose:The aim of the article is to verify the possibility of using the Social, Technological, Economic, Ecological, Political, Values and Legal analysis (STEEPVL) and structural analysis in the process of determining the driving forces of city (town) development. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research process incorporated two major methods: STEEPVL and structural analysis as well as five auxiliary ones: desk research, expert panel, citizen panel, brainstorming, survey research. The research process was carried out in the town of Zambrów in Poland with the involvement of a wide range of local stakeholders. Findings: The results obtained in the research process for the town of Zambrów confirm the validity of applying the STEEPVL analysis and structural analysis in the process of determining the driving forces of city development. As a result of the conducted research process two key factors were identified efficiency of town authorities, and entrepreneurship of town inhabitants, which may constitute the driving forces of the development of the town of Zambrów. Practical Implications: The areas studied in the article may become a useful source of knowledge for researchers and city authorities looking for new tools in the context of building urban development strategies. Originality/Value: The research focuses on the application of a new approach to the identification of the driving forces of urban development with the use of STEEPVL and structural analysesmethods belonging to the catalogue of foresight methods. A wide range of town development stakeholders is involved in the research process, thanks to which the obtained results constitute a socialised, jointly developed basis for building a vision of its development.

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Reflections on disruptive energy innovation in urban retrofitting: Methodology, practice and policy

Cited by 26 publications

References 14 publications

Foresight as a Tool for the Planning and Implementation of Visions for Smart City Development

Foresight as a Tool for the Planning and Implementation of Visions for Smart City Development

Local Culture and Urban Retrofit: Reflections on Policy and Preferences for Wall and Roof Materials

STEEPVL and Structural Analysis as a Tools Supporting Identification of the Driving Forces of City Development

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