Compact and resource efficient cities? Synergies and trade-offs in European cities
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Compact and resource efficient cities? Synergies and trade-offs in European cities. / Fertner, Christian; Große, Juliane.
I: European Spatial Research and Policy, Bind 23, Nr. 1, 2016, s. 65-79.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Compact and resource efficient cities? Synergies and trade-offs in European cities
AU - Fertner, Christian
AU - Große, Juliane
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Cities are the main consumers of energy and resources but at the same time considered as centres for innovation which can provide solutions to unsustainable development. An important concept regarding energy and resource efficiency on the scale of the city and city-region is the idea of the compact city. Compact cities and compact urban development are thought to decrease energy and resource demand per capita and increase efficiency. At the same time trade-offs and potential rebound effects of increased resource efficiency question certain achievements of a dense urban structure.This paper reviews aspects of resource and energy efficiency in compact city development in a European context. We conclude that, if the idea of the compact city should have any effect on resource and energy efficiency accompanying measures have to be implemented, as e.g. efficient public transport systems to offer alternative travel modes. Also the allocation of efficiency gains due to compact urban development has to be taken into account in order to avoid direct and indirect rebound effects.
AB - Cities are the main consumers of energy and resources but at the same time considered as centres for innovation which can provide solutions to unsustainable development. An important concept regarding energy and resource efficiency on the scale of the city and city-region is the idea of the compact city. Compact cities and compact urban development are thought to decrease energy and resource demand per capita and increase efficiency. At the same time trade-offs and potential rebound effects of increased resource efficiency question certain achievements of a dense urban structure.This paper reviews aspects of resource and energy efficiency in compact city development in a European context. We conclude that, if the idea of the compact city should have any effect on resource and energy efficiency accompanying measures have to be implemented, as e.g. efficient public transport systems to offer alternative travel modes. Also the allocation of efficiency gains due to compact urban development has to be taken into account in order to avoid direct and indirect rebound effects.
KW - Urban planning
KW - compact city
KW - Resource Efficiency
KW - compactness
KW - urban sprawl
KW - Infrastructure
KW - densification
KW - district energy
KW - energy
KW - Rebound effect
KW - Trade-off
U2 - 10.1515/esrp-2016-0004
DO - 10.1515/esrp-2016-0004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 65
EP - 79
JO - European Spatial Research and Policy
JF - European Spatial Research and Policy
SN - 1231-1952
IS - 1
ER -
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