Planning for resource efficient cities

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

    1 Citation (Scopus)

    Abstract

    Addressing the threats of climate change has become a key issue in urban development. Striving towards energy self-sufficiency, implementing regional resource cycles, retrofitting of the built environment, turning energy consumption towards renewables as well as generally decoupling urban development from energy consumption are crucial for a city’s future vulnerability and resilience against changes in general resource availability. The challenge gets further complex, as resource and energy efficiency in a city is deeply interwoven with other aspects of urban development such as social structures and the geographical context. As cities are the main consumer of energy and resources, they are both problem and solution to tackle issues of energy efficiency and saving. Cities have been committed to this agenda, especially to meet the national and international energy targets. Increasingly, cities act as entrepreneurs of new energy solutions acknowledging that efficient monitoring of energy and climate policies has become important to urban branding and competitiveness. This special issue presents findings from the European FP7 project ‘Planning for Energy Efficient Cities’ (PLEEC) and related research.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Settlements and Spatial Planning
    Volume5
    Pages (from-to)1-3
    Number of pages3
    ISSN2069-3419
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • Urban planning
    • Smart Cities
    • Energy efficiency
    • sustainable development

    Cite this