The 'Sustainable' in smart cities: ignoring the importance of urban ecosystems
| Autor: | Harini Nagendra, Hita Unnikrishnan, Seema Mundoli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
business.industry Environmental resource management 0211 other engineering and technologies Urban density 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services Geography Urban planning Smart city Sustainability Urban ecosystem business Commons Environmental planning Urban metabolism |
| Zdroj: | DECISION. 44:103-120 |
| ISSN: | 2197-1722 0304-0941 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40622-017-0152-x |
| Popis: | This article argues that the smart city model proposed for an urbanising India ignores key elements of environmental sustainability. Urban green spaces in cities are common pool resources (CPRs) or urban commons that provide provisioning, supporting, regulating and cultural ecosystem services. However, the smart cities model disregards the provisioning services of urban CPRs that are critical for livelihoods and subsistence of urban marginalised groups. By prioritising certain uses, such as recreational, over others the model results in exclusion of urban poor from the commons. The paper highlights the multiple uses of urban commons, with emphasis on the provisioning services that support lives and livelihoods of urban residents. Alienation from CPRs, both by denying physical access and by erosion of cultural links, is also highlighted as a major concern. We urge a systematic reconceptualisation of urban sustainability, and towards a multi-faceted use-value of urban ecosystems, to develop both ecologically and socio-culturally smart cities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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