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Energy and Spatial Planning: A Smart Integrated Approach
Abstract In spite of having a land occupation of 2 % and accommodating 50 % of the world population, cities produce 80 % of GHG emission and consume 80 % of the world’s resources. Therefore, spatial planning has a key role in creating urban environments that support less energy-intense lifestyles and communities in order to meet the EU’s challenging energy and climate change targets. However, the use of high tech applications is not sufficient: a smarter way of combining tools and approaches that come from the tradition of town and transport planning is required. Spatial planning has a long lasting tradition in defining the shape of urban fabric and the layout of buildings, defining the proper mix of land uses that takes into account the key role of transports. Containing and retrofitting urban sprawl by integrating transport and land use planning will be a considerable part of a new smart approach to city and energy. The new role of land use planning will also be accommodating new forms of distributed energy production in the urban fabric. In addition, planning tools will incorporate incentives aimed at favouring higher energy standards both for new and existing buildings. The technological innovation requires a comprehensive spatial framework, assuming that the energy point of view is a new challenge for innovating spatial planning.
Energy and Spatial Planning: A Smart Integrated Approach
Abstract In spite of having a land occupation of 2 % and accommodating 50 % of the world population, cities produce 80 % of GHG emission and consume 80 % of the world’s resources. Therefore, spatial planning has a key role in creating urban environments that support less energy-intense lifestyles and communities in order to meet the EU’s challenging energy and climate change targets. However, the use of high tech applications is not sufficient: a smarter way of combining tools and approaches that come from the tradition of town and transport planning is required. Spatial planning has a long lasting tradition in defining the shape of urban fabric and the layout of buildings, defining the proper mix of land uses that takes into account the key role of transports. Containing and retrofitting urban sprawl by integrating transport and land use planning will be a considerable part of a new smart approach to city and energy. The new role of land use planning will also be accommodating new forms of distributed energy production in the urban fabric. In addition, planning tools will incorporate incentives aimed at favouring higher energy standards both for new and existing buildings. The technological innovation requires a comprehensive spatial framework, assuming that the energy point of view is a new challenge for innovating spatial planning.
Energy and Spatial Planning: A Smart Integrated Approach
La Greca, Paolo (author) / Martinico, Francesco (author)
2016-01-01
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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