Integrating ecosystem services in urban energy trajectories Show others and affiliations
2015 (English) In: Biwaes 2015 9Th Biennial International Workshop Advances In Energy Studies: Energy and urban systems / [ed] Hans Schnitzer, Olga Kordas, Sergio Ulgiati, Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz , 2015, p. 89-Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Changes in urban development trajectories towards renewable energy sources and compact, energy- efficient urban agglomerations will have major impacts on ecosystem services, which cities are dependent on but tend to overlook. Such ecosystem services can be provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services, around which competition over land and water resources will increase with energy system shifts. Much of the land and water use conflicts can be foreseen to take place within urbanising regions, which simultaneously is the living environment of a major part of the human population today. In order to inform critical policy decisions, integrated assessment of urban energy system options and ecosystem services is necessary. For this purpose, the model integration platform Land Evolution and impact Assessment Model (LEAM) is built and empowered with models representing urban form, energy supply and use, transportation, and ecological processes and services, all related to the land and water use evolution. These types of analyses of interacting sub- systems require an advanced model integration platform, yet open for learning and for further development, with high visualisation capacity. Case studies are performed for the cities of Stockholm, Chicago and Shanghai, where urbanisation scenarios are under development. In the case study LEAMStockholm, scenarios for urban compaction and urban sprawl with different energy and water system solutions are being developed, in order to explore the sustainability of urban policy options. This will enable integrated policy assessment of complex urban systems, with the goal to increase their sustainability.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz , 2015. p. 89-
Keywords [en]
Environmental Sciences, Miljövetenskap
National Category
Environmental Management
Research subject Environmental and Energy Systems
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-75012 DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-393-1 ISBN: 978-3-85125-393-1 (print) ISBN: 978-3-85125-395-5 (electronic) OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-75012 DiVA, id: diva2:1356953
Conference Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies (BIWAES) 4-7 May 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden
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