Looking for the Optimal Location of an Eco-District within a Metropolitan Area: The Case of Tricity Metropolitan Area
| Autor: | Julia Kurek, Justyna Martyniuk-Pęczek |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Suburbanization
energy optimizations 020209 energy Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 lcsh:Renewable energy sources 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Energy transition 01 natural sciences urban planning Urban planning 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental planning lcsh:Environmental sciences energy efficiency 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development lcsh:GE1-350 Ecological footprint sustainable development Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Urban sprawl carbon neutrality Metropolitan area suburbanization lcsh:TD194-195 energy transition urban sprawl sustainable process index Business Efficient energy use eco district |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 19 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 8001, p 8001 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12198001 |
| Popis: | Compact housing structures located in city centers are considered to be the most energy and environmentally effective, mainly due to the access to services, transport networks and municipal infrastructures. There is the question of why so many of the acknowledged ecological housing complexes are located on the outskirts of cities or suburbs. Numerous cities decide to introduce strategies either to densify city centers, hoping to improve energy efficiency. The Tricity metropolitan area is a special case undergoing dynamic transformation, and its development overlaps with the processes of both planned densification of the center as well as uncontrolled suburbanization. The goal of this study was to find the correlation between optimal location of an eco-district from the functional center of the Tricity metropolitan area, allowing for the most favorable energy and environmental parameters related both to the architectural and urban scale. The research was conducted in four different scenarios, concerning present and future development. In these scenarios, specific locations were examined, and the following were compared: total energy consumption, ecological footprint and CO2 lifecycle emissions. This study shows the possibility for suburban housing complexes with appropriate parameters in an edge city model to have the same or better results than complexes situated closer to the functional center of the city. This is mainly due to the building&rsquo s energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, municipal infrastructure and relevant service access. The research proves the importance of implementing sustainable energy-saving and environmentally oriented activities at both an architectural and urban scale planning process. |
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