Integrated spatial and energy planning: a means to reach sustainable development goals

Gernot Stoeglehner ()
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Gernot Stoeglehner: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, No 13, 473-486

Abstract: Abstract Climate protection targets call for a transition towards sustainable energy systems based on energy saving, more energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The options for energy strategies are highly shaped by local and regional spatial contexts like urban, suburban or rural areas or small towns embedded in rural or suburban areas. Both energy efficiency and renewable energy potentials are determined by these spatial contexts, so taking them into consideration leads to more realistic energy strategies. Therefore, integrated spatial and energy planning is an important field of action in order to reach Sustainable Development Goal 7—clean and affordable energy. In this conceptual paper, the ideas and basic principles of integrated spatial and energy planning are introduced, and it is discussed, how this concept might help not only to reach the energy transition but might also support further sustainable development goals. The paper is based on research results gained from Austrian experiences.

Keywords: Spatial planning; Energy strategies; Sustainable development goals; Energy transition; Integrated spatial and energy planning; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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