The needs of society: A new understanding of transitions, sustainability and liveability

Haan, Fjalar J. de; Ferguson, Briony Cathryn; Adamowicz, Rachelle C.; Johnstone, P; Brown, Rebekah Ruth; Wong, Tony Hoong Fatt

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.09.005

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“…A vision has been created about "The Water Sensitive City", which both is climate resilient, sustainable and liveable. This vision is supported and promoted by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, and another governmental institution has also been founded, The Office for Living Victoria, which also promotes an Integrated approach to water management de Haan et al, 2014). …”

Section: Wsud Stabilization In Melbournementioning

confidence: 99%

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Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Madsen

Brown

Elle

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Section: Wsud Stabilization In Melbournementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Especially the story of Melbourne's urban stormwater system has been well investigated as part of a larger study of integrated approaches (Mitchell, 2006) and with specific focus on the transition towards a Water Sensitive City (Brown and Clarke, 2007;Brown et al, 2013;de Haan et al, 2014;Ferguson et al, 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Madsen

Brown

Elle

et al. 2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Building on theories from social psychology, De Haan et al (2014) suggested three hierarchically dependent levels of societal needs in a dynamic model explaining how needs that are met -or failed to be meton one level influence expression of needs at other levels. In this model, basic societal needs such as sustenance, health, safety and shelter must be met before higher-level needs that include social cohesion, healthy ecosystems and convenience, are in order.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, satisfying a specific set of needs in the short term (e.g. an increase in private car use) may well compromise other needs on the long term, such as diminishing the use of fossil fuels (De Haan et al, 2014). Quality issues themselves also vary across time.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning

2017

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On the necessity of an integrated, participative and adaptive approach to urban environmental quality in planning sustainable cities Key words: urban environmental quality; urban quality of life; sustainable urban development; trade-offs; quality dimensions. Rien van Stigt, Peter Driessen and Tejo Spit AbstractBased on a review of recent literature, this paper addresses the question of how urban planners can steer urban environmental quality, given the fact that it is multidimensional in character, is assessed largely in subjective terms and varies across time. A novel perspective of urban environmental quality is proposed, exploring three questions that are at the core of planning and designing cities: 'quality of what?', 'quality for whom?' and 'quality at what time?' The dilemmas that urban planners face in answering these questions are illustrated using secondary material. The three questions provide a framework that offers urban planners perspectives for action in finding their way out of the dilemmas identified. Rather than further detailing the exact nature of urban quality, this novel perspective calls for an approach to urban planning that is integrated, participative and adaptive.

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“…The defi nition of liveability varies depending upon the purpose of why it is being considered in the fi rst place and by whom, yet the common goal of liveability is that how we direct our actions, planning and designs that will make a place enjoyable to live in (Ruth and Franklin 2014 ;de Haan et al 2014 ). The idea of a liveable city is to bring community together for healthy living, enhance their interaction among themselves and surrounding environment and promote their productivity and wellbeing in a sustainable way.…”

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Balanced Urban Development: Is It a Myth or Reality?

Maheshwari

Singh

Thoradeniya

2016

Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities

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A major challenge we face globally is that cities are growing rapidly and most of this growth is inevitably is occurring in peri-urban areas. The concept of balanced urban development is complex and is linked to liveability of urban areas along with water, food and energy security. Increasingly, liveability is becoming important for urban planners and governments at all levels. There are many environmental, economic, political and social challenges if the goals of achieving sustainable, liveable and productive urban regions are to be achieved. The concept of sustainable development and liveable cities symbolise the big visionary ideas for urban planning and balanced development but implementation of these popular visions can encounter a host of confl icts due to a range of interests and stakeholders involved. The process of achieving balanced urban development may require learning from the past successes and mistakes to identify what makes a good practice for balanced urban development and guide local governments, planning agencies and developers to plan and design future cities that are highly liveable. At present there is insuffi cient policy focus on the challenges of the peri-urban areas of growing mega-urban regions around the world, because they are not recognised as an integral part of the functional activities that drive the growth of these urban areas. Thus, policies for peri-urban regions have to be given priority at both national and global levels, if 'globally just urban places' are to emerge.

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The needs of society: A new understanding of transitions, sustainability and liveability

Cited by 121 publications

References 22 publications

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning

Balanced Urban Development: Is It a Myth or Reality?

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