The Role of Planning in Delivering Low-Carbon Urban Infrastructure

Joanna Williams
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Joanna Williams: Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB, England

Environment and Planning B, 2013, vol. 40, issue 4, 683-706

Abstract: Cities are the single largest contributor to climate change. Thus it is important that, where possible, low-carbon infrastructure is integrated into cities to try to reduce CO 2 emissions. Planning (plans, policy, and process) can encourage this. In this paper international best practice is drawn upon to explore a range of planning approaches—collaborative, systemic, and market shaping—that have been used to introduce low-carbon infrastructure into cities. A new typology is developed and the strengths and weaknesses of planning approaches are evaluated. The importance of context in the success of each approach is highlighted and suggestions are made for the circumstances in which each may be most effectively employed, while exploring how planning can be used to provide a ‘protected space’ in which low-carbon systems can develop.

Keywords: low-carbon cities; low-carbon infrastructure; international planning approaches; planning typology; collaborative planning; systemic planning; market shaping; ecocities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/b38180

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