The urban futures methodology applied to urban regeneration

Rogers, C. D. F.; Lombardi, D. Rachel; Leach, Joanne M.; Cooper, Rachel

doi:10.1680/ensu.2012.165.1.5

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“…An accompanying paper by Farmani et al (2012) provides a water resource and infrastructure context for the broader northwest region and outlines the local water provider's (United Utilities) role, the regulatory regime and the overall future resilience implications (including user behaviour) for the Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes Hunt, Lombardi, Farmani, et al surrounding area using the UF methodology, as outlined in this special issue by Rogers et al (2012).…”

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Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes

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Lombardi

Farmani

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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A 6?6 ha (66 000 m 2 ) regeneration site, commonly referred to as Luneside East, is to be turned from a run down, economically under-achieving area of Lancaster, UK, into a new, distinctive, vibrant, sustainable quarter of the city. As a result several aspects of water planning for 350 new homes and 8000 m 2 of workspace needed to be considered before any infrastructure investment was undertaken. This included assessment of the future capacity requirements (i.e. inflows and outflows) for water infrastructure (i.e. mains water supply, wastewater disposal, rainwater storage and stormwater disposal) much of which will be located underground. This paper looks at the implications of various water management strategies on the Luneside East site (e.g. water-efficient appliances, greywater recycling and rainwater harvesting) in line with current policy measures that focus on technology changes alone (e.g. the code for sustainable homes). Based on these findings this paper outlines some basic implications for technological resilience discussed in the context of four 'world views' -that is, the urban futures scenarios considered in this special issue.Conclusions are drawn as to how far this can take engineers, planners and developers in understanding and planning for resilient water infrastructure within a development like Luneside East.

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Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes

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Farmani

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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“…The nature of contemporary development in the UK. (Adams and Davies, 2012;Adams and Tiesdell, 2012;Adams et al, 2010;AlWaer et al, 2013;Bell, 2005;Boyko et al, 2005;CABE, 2011;Carmona et al, 2010;Cooper and Symes, 2009;Ellin, 2012;Lawlor, 2011;Lombardi et al, 2012;McInroy and Longlands, 2010;Roberts, 2009;Rogers et al, 2012;Trained, 2011;Urban Design Protocol, 2011;Madanipour, 2006;Tiesdell and Adams, 2011) Urban Design and Planning Volume 167 Issue DP1…”

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Improving contemporary approaches to the master planning process

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2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Desig

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Master planning has undergone a revival in recent years. However, significant demographic and social changes are also occuring amid constraints resulting from the current economic stagnation, reduced public spending and the drive to respond to environmental imperatives. These conditions challenge the feasibility of applying master planning practices as they were conceived of in the past. The traditional view was that master planning was a design-led activity concerned with the architectural form of buildings, spaces and infrastructures. This is outdated and inadequate for coordinating the plural processes of developing sustainable places that satisfy social, functional, economic and environmental requirements as well as realising visually pleasing townscapes. Master planning requires both a business planning component, without which there is no delivery, and a governance component, without which the physical strategy has no legitimacy. A more adaptive master planning approach is required. The paper proposes how a flexible master planning process can provide a basis of a suitable approach for the development of sustainable settlements.

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“…They help to account better for the impact that future changes are going to have on current solutions, allowing for exploration of variability and more extreme futures (Butler, 2004). In this work, using the urban futures methodology, as outlined in Boyko et al (2011) and Rogers et al (2012), the relative resilience of current solutions to future changes is assessed. The four scenarios adopted are listed below.…”

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“…As described by Rogers et al (2012), the urban futures methodology requires the necessary conditions for each intended benefit to be identified and considered against the characteristics of the four plausible futures.…”

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“…The resilience of the proposed sustainable water management options will be discussed. Finally, the supply and demand management options will be compared, considering local conditions and constraints, in terms of water savings/yield and benefits as well as their resilience to a range of changes in the future using the urban futures methodology as outlined in Rogers et al (2012).…”

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Scenario-based sustainable water management and urban regeneration

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Butler

Hunt

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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Deployable output (source availability) from water resources in north west England is predicted to decrease over the next 25 years. Alternative supply management strategies are planned to help avoid a deficit in the supply-demand balance within the region but have yet to be considered in detail. This paper assesses the contribution of such an alternative supply strategy at local level on the water resource supply-demand balance at regional level based on a proposed urban regeneration site in north west England. Various water conservation and reuse measures are investigated considering local and regional conditions and constraints. Four future scenarios are presented and used to describe how the future might be (rather than how it will be), to allow an assessment to be made of how current 'sustainable solutions' might cope whatever the future holds. The analysis determines the solution contributions under each future and indicates that some strategies will deliver their full intended benefits under scenarios least expected but most needed. It is recommended that to help reduce the regional supply-demand deficit and maximise system resilience to future change, a wide range of water demand management measures should be incorporated on this and other sites.

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The urban futures methodology applied to urban regeneration

Cited by 67 publications

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Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes

Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes

Improving contemporary approaches to the master planning process

Scenario-based sustainable water management and urban regeneration

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