scholarly journals A Framework for Integration of Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems in Urban Planning Processes of Low-Income Developing Countries: Afghanistan Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8428
Author(s):  
Najib Rahman Sabory ◽  
Tomonobu Senjyu ◽  
Mir Sayed Shah Danish ◽  
Mikaeel Ahmadi ◽  
Hameedullah Zaheb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Growth Enhancement ◽  
Smart Energy Systems ◽  
Planning Processes

Population growth and city expansion in developing countries require traditional urban planning practices to be transformed in order to tackle climate change and follow Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agendas. Almost every expert in the urban sector believes that future cities should be sustainable, smart, and environmentally friendly, where energy is one of the most critical factors to achieve these goals. They also agree that smart and sustainable energy provision for cities requires a comprehensive and responsive legal and policy framework to be in place at the national level. However, this research’s findings reveal a lack of such frameworks for this group of countries. Considering the challenges and unique nature of Low-Income-Developing (LID) countries, there should be a framework based on the realities in these countries. In this research, key challenges of urban and energy sectors of LID countries, specifically Afghanistan, are identified, and a framework for the integration of sustainable and smart energy in the urban planning processes for LID countries is proposed. To make it easily replicable and adaptable for LID countries, the proposed framework is studied and analyzed around Afghanistan’s urban and energy sectors. This is one of the few frameworks of its kind for LID economies to the best of the authors’ knowledge. This framework lays a solid foundation for sustainable and smart energy integration in the urban planning process of developing countries. This study highlights that sustainable and smart energy systems could ensure climate change mitigation and economic growth enhancement but require close cross-sectoral coordination and policy maker’s commitments and involvement. This research will help many existing and emerging cities in the LID countries’ worldwide use and benefit from the proposed framework in their urban planning processes. It also enables policymakers, urban planners and designers, municipalities leadership, and other stakeholders of the urban, energy, and environment sectors to work together and make smart and rational decisions for the future of their cities and lead them towards smart and sustainable cities.

scholarly journals Integrating Sustainable Stormwater Management in Urban Planning: Ways Forward towards Institutional Change and Collaborative Action

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bohman ◽  
Erik Glaas ◽  
Martin Karlson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Sustainable Stormwater Management ◽  
New Strategies

Climate change impacts, ageing infrastructure and the increasing imperviousness of cities all raise enormous challenges to and call for new ways of planning for sustainable urban stormwater management. Especially, closer collaboration among a diverse set of actors involved has been pointed to as critical to enable the development of holistic and flexible approaches. However, the shift towards inclusive forms of planning has been slow, and characterized by technical and institutional lock-ins. Against this background, this study scrutinizes the challenges and developments perceived as central for improving stormwater planning, and analyzes how formal and informal institutional change could contribute to enhancing sustainability in this sector. Building on an analysis of data from workshops, interviews and a survey with Swedish planners and water managers, we suggest new strategies for integrating stormwater concerns into planning processes, overcoming silo structures, fostering cocreation cultures, and securing the continuation and implementation of stormwater management through various planning stages.

scholarly journals An Enabling Framework to Support the Sustainable Energy Transition at the National Level

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3834
Author(s):  
Marina Blohm
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Carbon Neutral ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Climate Crisis

The world is fighting against the impacts of the climate crisis. Although the technical feasibility of 100% renewable energy systems was already verified by a variety of research studies, there were still more than 200 GW of unsustainable new coal power capacity under construction at a global level in 2018. To achieve the required carbon neutrality, current energy systems need to be transformed toward sustainable energy. The review of the literature has shown that several barriers for carbon-neutral technologies exist, which currently impede the sustainable transition. This paper focuses on the development of an enabling framework to overcome existing barriers to facilitate sustainable and carbon-neutral technologies at the national level. Additionally, it should support decision makers to consider all underlying criteria of this urgently needed energy transition. The criteria of such an enabling framework can be classified in 11 categories, which are (1) environmental and ecological protection; (2) society, culture, and behavior; (3) equity and justice; (4) knowledge; (5) energy markets; (6) energy policy; (7) legal requirements; (8) finance; (9) institutions; (10) infrastructure; and (11) clash of interests. Even though some criteria differ from country to country, a strong governmental support for the transition is always required to be successful.

scholarly journals AN EVALUATION TO IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS TO THE FEASIBILITY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS: FIVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN URBAN PLANNING IN IRAN

2014 ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki ◽  
Aldrin Abdullah ◽  
Azizi Bahauddin ◽  
Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Planning Approaches

The rapid urbanization in many developing countries has indicated several challenges in different aspects. This is due to inefficient urban planning approaches towards managing the development process. Similar to many other developing countries, Iran has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades. Although over the last few decades, urban planning processes have been applied to develop Iranian cities, urban planning has failed to tackle the challenges facing the cities. This paper seeks to identify the barriers that have prevented Iranian cities from achieving the goals of urban planning. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the current literature on the concept of urban planning and to assess the urban development plan process in Iranian cities. The required data were collected through a review of international theoretical studies, Iranian experimental research and governmental reports. The findings of this study reveal five major barriers to the feasibility of the urban planning process, including the urban plans context, structure of urban planning, related law and regulations, public participation, and financial resources.

scholarly journals Inequality and economic growth in Bangladesh–a diversified evidence on Kuznets pattern `U` hypothesis

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
SMA Islam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
National Level ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Kuznets Hypothesis ◽  
The Government

The study of inequality and economic growth to the developing countries are now a days a comprehensive issue since the growth stimulate the standard of living to the poor people and accordingly reduce income inequality. The improvement of inequality and growth may reduce the social movement to the government and may keep the economic and social integrity amongst the different ethnic groups by efficient resource allocation and income redistribution in Bangladesh. The objective of this research is to assess long term relationship between inequality and growth in Bangladesh with a methodology of Kuznets pattern inverted U hypothesis first introduced by Simon Kuznets since 1955. The popular concept of Kuznets hypothesis suggests that as economic growth occurs, income inequality first increase and then decline after a certain turning point. The study of Kuznets hypothesis is popular to the international economic environment rather than domestic, especially to the developing countries where the per capita GDP is below the level of world average. This study found the evidence that the presumption of Kuznets hypothesis has satisfied in the economy of Bangladesh in national level. In low income countries, structural adjustment is necessary to satisfy the Kuznets hypothesis. Keywords: Kuznets Hypothesis; Inequality; Growth DOI: 10.3329/jbau.v7i1.4973 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 7(1): 117-123, 2009

scholarly journals Recent Advances in the Analysis of Sustainable Energy Systems

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Calise ◽  
Mário Costa ◽  
Qiuwang Wang ◽  
Xiliang Zhang ◽  
Neven Duić
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Smart Energy Systems

EU energy policy is more and more promoting a resilient, efficient and sustainable energy system. Several agreements have been signed in the last few months that set ambitious goals in terms of energy efficiency and emission reductions and to reduce the energy consumption in buildings. These actions are expected to fulfill the goals negotiated at the Paris Agreement in 2015. The successful development of this ambitious energy policy needs to be supported by scientific knowledge: a huge effort must be made in order to develop more efficient energy conversion technologies based both on renewables and fossil fuels. Similarly, researchers are also expected to work on the integration of conventional and novel systems, also taking into account the needs for the management of the novel energy systems in terms of energy storage and devices management. Therefore, a multi-disciplinary approach is required in order to achieve these goals. To ensure that the scientists belonging to the different disciplines are aware of the scientific progress in the other research areas, specific Conferences are periodically organized. One of the most popular conferences in this area is the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Series Conference. The 12th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was recently held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The present Special Issue of Energies, specifically dedicated to the 12th SDEWES Conference, is focused on five main fields: energy policy and energy efficiency in smart energy systems, polygeneration and district heating, advanced combustion techniques and fuels, biomass and building efficiency.

Impact of climate discourse on national scientific networks in energy technologies: the case of Estonian science and industry linkages

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-45
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
National Level ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Global Discourse ◽  
Research Agendas

This article examines how the global climate change discourse influences the implementation of national science policy in the area of energy technology, with a focus on industry and science collaborations and networks. We develop a set of theoretical propositions about how the issues in the global discourse are likely to influence research agendas and networks, the nature of industry-science linkages and the direction of innovation. The plausibility of these propositions is examined, using Estonia as a case study. We find that the global climate discourse has indeed led to the diversification of research agendas and networks, but the shifts in research strategies often tend to be rhetorical and opportunistic. The ambiguity of the global climate change discourse has also facilitated incremental innovation towards energy efficiency and the potentially sub-optimal lock-in of technologies. In sum, the Estonian case illustrates how the introduction of policy narratives from the global climate change discourse to the national level can shape the actual policy practices and also networks of actors in a complex and non-linear fashion, with unintended effects.

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