A complexity approach to defining urban energy systems
| Autor: | Catherine S.E. Bale, Sumedha Basu, Timon Wehnert, Kilian Topp |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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geography geography.geographical_feature_category Multi-level governance Sociology and Political Science Computer science Energy (esotericism) 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Complex system Energy landscape 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Development Urban area Data science Urban Studies Politics Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Energy sustainability Construct (philosophy) 050703 geography ddc:600 |
| ISSN: | 0264-2751 |
| Popis: | Urban energy systems have been commonly considered to be socio-technical systems within the boundaries of an urban area. However, recent literature challenges this notion in that it urges researchers to look at the wider interactions and influences of urban energy systems wherein the socio-technical sphere is expanded to political, environmental and economic realms as well. In addition to the inter-sectoral linkages, the diverse agents and multilevel governance trends of energy sustainability in the dynamic environment of cities make the urban energy landscape a complex one. There is a strong case then for establishing a new conceptualisation of urban energy systems that builds upon these contemporary understandings of such systems. We argue that the complex systems approach can be suitable for this. In this paper, we propose a pilot framework for understanding urban energy systems using complex systems theory as an integrating plane. We review the multiple streams of urban energy literature to identify the contemporary discussions and construct this framework that can serve as a common ontological understanding for the different scholarships studying urban energy systems. We conclude the paper by highlighting the ways in which the framework can serve some of the relevant communities.\ud \ud |
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