The promise and the performance of the world's first two zero carbon eco-cities

Premalatha, M.; Tauseef, S. M.; Abbasi, S. A.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.05.011

Cited by 71 publications

(49 citation statements)

References 47 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Nor do zero waste advocates seek to redraft the second or fourth laws of thermodynamics, according to their own flight of impossible/unscientific fancy [27,228]. Put simply, it can be assumed that nature does not defy her own thermodynamic laws.…”

Section: Who-how-what-why: Zero Waste?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Phenomenon of Zero Waste and Future Cities

Hannon

Zaman

2018

Urban Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:The evolving phenomenon of zero waste encompasses the theory, practice, and learning of individuals, families, businesses, communities, and government organisations, responding to perceptions of crisis and failure around conventional waste management. The diverse and growing body of international zero waste experience, can be portrayed as both, an entirely new and alternative waste management paradigm, and or, interpreted as overlapping, extending, and synergetic with a general evolution towards more sustainable waste/resource management practices. Combining the terms zero and waste provokes creative, intellectual, and pragmatic tensions, which provide a contemporary axis for necessary debate and innovation in this sphere of resource management. This commentary draws on an interdisciplinary perspective and utilises some elements of the critique of zero waste, as a lens to examine and better understand this heterogeneous global community of practice. In particular, how the concept and implementation of a zero waste goal can increase community engagement and be a catalyst for the design and management of a more circular urban metabolism and hence, more adaptive, resilient, and sustainable future (zero waste) cities.

show abstract

Section: Who-how-what-why: Zero Waste?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Phenomenon of Zero Waste and Future Cities

Hannon

Zaman

2018

Urban Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Nevertheless, eco-urbanism is not a unified approach to city planning. Rather, it comprises a wide range of interpretations and initiatives including "éco-quartier", "eco-town", "eco-city", "green city" and "resilient city" to name but a few (Antrobus, 2011;Premalatha et al, 2013). Furthermore, these may vary in size and ambition, socio-economic, physical and political context, as well as in the interpretation of sustainability that is advanced (Joss et al, 2013).…”

Section: Re-naturing the Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Nature-based solutions for the contemporary city/Re-naturing the city/Reflections on urban landscapes, ecosystems services and nature-based solutions in cities/Multifunctional green infrastructure and climate change adaptation: brownfield greening as an adaptation strategy for vulnerable communities?/Delivering green infrastructure through planning: insights from practice in Fingal, Ireland/Planning for biophilic cities: from theory to practice

Scott

Lennon

Haase

et al. 2016

Planning Theory & Practice

145

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

2016) Nature-based solutions for the contemporary city/Re-naturing the city/Reflections on urban landscapes, ecosystems services and nature-based solutions in cities/Multifunctional green infrastructure and climate change adaptation: brownfield greening as an adaptation strategy for vulnerable communities?/Delivering green infrastructure through planning: insights from practice in Fingal, Ireland/Planning for biophilic cities: from theory to practice, Planning Theory & Practice, 17:2, 267-300, IntroductionSustainable development and the heightened sense of risk from the anticipated impacts of climate change provides an important context for spatial planning and the development of spatial strategies. Over the last decade, a series of Planning Theory & Practice Interfaces have examined the environmental dimensions of spatial planning. This includes Campbell (2006) exploring the role of planning within climate change debates, Scott et al. (2013) on living with flood risk, Walliser et al. (2012) exploring the potential of green design, and Davoudi et al. ( 2012) critiquing the potential and limitations of resilience thinking for planning theory and practice. A common thread through these Interface pieces is a questioning of planning's ability to address the scope and scale of these complex and multidimensional challenges, while also reflecting on how these environmental challenges have the potential to reshape or reframe planning practices and theory by drawing our attention to questions of uncertainty, risk, vulnerability and adaptive governance.In this Interface, we aim to contribute further to these debates by exploring the relationship between "nature" and the "city" as a means of reconciling urban development with the biosphere (Wilkinson, 2012): in other words, proposing a deepening of an ecological turn in planning theory and practice. In recent years there has been increased attention given to understanding the potential avenues for planning to deliver ecologically sound outcomes through examining the intersection between ecosystem approaches and spatial planning frameworks (Lennon & Scott, 2013) and which considers the city in terms of a social-ecological system. As spatial planning is inherently concerned with social -ecological interactions (Wilkinson, 2012), this "shift in the view of an ecosystem to one where people are considered part of an interactive holistic system" (Raffaelli & Frid, 2010, p. 4), acknowledges the role that informed planning can play in enhancing the beneficial functioning of ecosystems. Within this emerging literature, however, limited attention has been given to addressing the principles of spatial planning and how these may be translated into practice through the procedures employed in the formulation and implementation of policies designed to stimulate practical interventions. One way to address this deficit is through the concept of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure. Nature-based solutions and planning practiceNature-based solutions have emerged as a concept to op...

show abstract

“…For example, in Zouk Mosbeh, the predicted mean vote helped evaluate thermal comfort in redeveloped zones (El Asmar and Taki, 2014). Premalatha et al (2013) said that residents' need to adapt their lifestyle to the sustainable principles of creating ecological cities. Changes in lifestyle need to be promoted through participation and educational awareness, instead of merely marketing the goals of eco-cities, such as Dongtan City in China and Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…”

Section: Socio-cultural Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A balance is needed between aspects of urban development in order to create SUD (Grêt-Regamey, 2011;Lang, 2013). Scholars somewhat agree that recently, one of the greatest generators of SUD has been socio-cultural awareness and social participation in urban development (Latif et al, 2013;Choi and Ahn, 2013a,b;El Asmar and Taki, 2014;Salonen and Åhlberg, 2013;Dimitrova, 2014;Premalatha et al, 2013).…”

Section: A Balanced Approach To Sud and Sociocultural Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%