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The evolving concept of 'Smart Cities' (SC) is today gaining global momentum in scientific and policy arenas. With the rising potential for jobs and improved lifestyle, these fast-growing cities are witnessing an ever-increasing concentration of populations and economic activities. However, the core aspect of sustainability is often overshadowed in...
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... cluster (comprising of 31 villages) in Nagpur district has been selected as one of the Rurban clusters under SPMRM, which aims to preserve the dominant agrarian culture and enhance basic services such as water supply, sanitation, road drainage and solid waste management [120]. As shown in Figure 8, Nagpur city and Wadoda cluster are situated adjacently. However, they are being separately developed under two different national missions which are totally disconnected. ...
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... Using ICT elements to enhance urban services' rapid and efficient delivery is central to the smart city concept. In particular, it is associated with cutting-edge technology like AI, the IoT, big data, robots, etc. (Sukhwani et al., 2020). High-quality ICTs and other physical infrastructures are essential to support more robust smart city practices. ...
The human population living in cities in the world is constantly increasing. As a result of the increasing population, the use of digital technologies has become widespread to facilitate city life. The importance of a smart city has increased mainly due to the integration of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies into cities. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of smart city applications on life intention and how technology anxiety moderates this effect. For this purpose, data were collected from 386 people using a questionnaire. The data were analysed with a structural equation model. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that smart public service, smart transportation and smart environmentalism practices significantly positively affect the intention to live in smart cities. As a result of the moderator analysis, it was found that technology anxiety has a moderating role in the effect of smart city applications on the intention to live in smart cities. Suggestions were made according to the research findings.
... This approach was enriched by applying text mining techniques, giving us a qualitative understanding of research trends, subject areas, top keywords, publication trends, and the global distribution of articles related to WPT. Our methodological approach and analysis were built upon a number of earlier bibliometric studies [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. ...
... Based on a comprehensive review of existing literature, Khatibi et al. (2021) also summarized several other theoretical dimensions and critical factors of smart city initiatives. Sukhwani et al. (2020) further underline that the current policies of smart city can be categorized in three types, namely, (1) greenfield projects (built from scratch), e.g., Masdar City in Abu Dhabi; (2) purpose-driven SC (industrial city, etc.), e.g., Songdo International Business District (South Korea); and (3) brownfield projects (by retrofitting existing cities), e.g., Amsterdam (The Netherlands). ...
... For the selection process, each candidate city was required to prepare a smart city proposal (SCP) that outlines their suitability for SCM. Herein, the proposal guidelines mandated to follow an area-based approach (like for upgrading certain areas through retrofitting) while also including pan-city elements (for further reading, Hoelscher, 2016;Sukhwani et al., 2020). ...
... le in shaping contemporary urban planning and design practices. Planners and designers seek to create urban environments that attract investments, foster entrepreneurship, and support job creation. They promote mixed-use developments, creative industries, and innovation districts to stimulate economic growth and improve the overall quality of life (Sukhwani, et. al., 2020). ...
Architecture, planning, and design play crucial roles in shaping the built environment and have a profound impact on society, culture, and the quality of life (Crysler, 2003; Alfaya, et al., 2020). Throughout history, visionary architects and designers have emerged as pioneers, introducing innovative concepts, design principles, and groundbreaking projects that have left a lasting legacy. Understanding the influence of these architectural pioneers on contemporary urban planning and design is essential for comprehending the evolution and current practices in the field. The historical context reveals that architectural pioneers, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, among others, introduced radical ideas that challenged conventional norms and sparked significant transformations in architectural theory and practice (Crysler, 2003; National Research Council. 2002). These pioneers pushed the boundaries of creativity, form, and functionality, leaving an indelible mark on the built environment (Katzschner, et. al., 2016; Levine, 2016).
Contemporary urban planning and design practices face unique challenges in the 21st century, including rapid urbanization, sustainability concerns, technological advancements, and the need for inclusive and resilient cities. Examining the influence of architectural pioneers on contemporary practices, provides valuable insights into the adaptation, continuity, and relevance of their ideas in addressing these challenges.
By undertaking a comparative analysis, this research aims to explore the direct and indirect impacts of architectural pioneers on contemporary urban planning and design (Newman, 1998; National Research Council. 2002; Alfaya, et al., 2020). It seeks to identify how historical concepts, principles, and projects have been integrated, modified, or rejected in favor of new approaches. Furthermore, the study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and significance of incorporating pioneer ideas in contemporary designs, considering the specific cultural, social, and environmental contexts.
The findings of this research hold several potential implications for urban planners, architects, policymakers, and stakeholders involved in shaping the built environment. Understanding the historical roots of contemporary practices allows for a critical evaluation of current approaches and offers insights into alternative strategies and design philosophies. The research may inform decision-making processes by identifying successful integration strategies and lessons learned from historical precedents. Additionally, it can foster a deeper appreciation for architectural heritage, enabling the preservation and revitalization of pioneering projects that continue to inspire and inform modern design. Overall, this research fills a significant gap in the understanding of the interplay between architectural pioneers and contemporary urban planning and design. By examining the historical influences and assessing their relevance in the present, it contributes to the ongoing discourse on how to create sustainable, livable, and innovative cities for the future.
... Today, more than ever, urban residents are an increasingly influential class of transboundary consumers (Brekke & Brugmann, 2016;You, 2016). The demands of dense concentrations of people generate supply chains that extend well beyond urban administrative boundaries to influence the nexus, giving rise to the concept of the "transboundary environmental footprint" (Ramaswami, 2020;Schulterbrandt Gragg et al., 2018;Sukhwani et al., 2020). Indeed, the strong telecoupling of nexus resource flows from surrounding hinterlands serves as the lifeblood that sustains urban development (P. ...
... The development of smart cities also promises to improve the efficient utilization of nexus resources through enhanced data coverage, granularity, and analytics. For example, in Nagpur, India, city-wide data gathering has enabled administrators to better understand demand and consumption dynamics (Sukhwani et al., 2020), whilst in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Big Data analytics and cross-city data sharing have enhanced integrated risk management and action (You, 2016). The nexus can help foster preemptive planning for informal settlements, drive in-situ upgrading, and legitimate multiple forms of iterative, adaptive, and collaborative multilevel governance (Chirisa & Bandauko, 2015). ...
The water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus is a prominent approach for addressing today's sustainable development challenges. In our critical appraisal of the WEF, covering different approaches, drivers, enablers, and applications, we emphasize the situation across the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean). Here, WEF research covers at least 23 focal domains. We find that the nexus is still a maturing paradigm primarily rooted in a physical and natural sciences framing, which is itself embedded in a neoliberal securities narrative. While providing insights and tools to address the systemic interdependencies between resource sectors whose exploitation, degradation, and sub‐optimal management contribute to (un)sustainable development, there is still insufficient engagement with social, political, and economic dimensions. Progress related to climate, urbanization, and resource consumption is encouraging, but while governance and finance are central enablers of current and future nexus systems, gaps remain in relation to implementation and operationalization. Harnessing the nexus for sustainable development across the Global South means recognizing that it is more than a biophysical system, but also a multi‐scale complex of people, institutions, and infrastructure, affected by history and context. Addressing this complexity requires alternative and possibly challenging perspectives to counter dominant narratives, and manage problems associated with policy integration, trade‐offs, and winners and losers. We outline 10 emergent research areas that we think can contribute to this endeavor and enable the nexus to be a stronger policy force.
... Smart cities are the future of cities that is happening now, and they are key to better management of urban WEF systems (Alzaabi et al,. 2019;Sukhwani et al., 2020). ...
This book aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary study of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in cities and to help policy makers adopt a more integrated approach to natural resources management in urban environments to face the challenges and threats of climate change. This approach is based on a multidimensional scientific framework that seeks to understand the complex and non-linear interrelationships and interdependencies between water-energy-food under climate change and to generate solutions to reduce trade-offs among development goals and generate co-benefits that help encourage sustainable development and contribute to the achievement of SDGs, mainly SDG 11 (make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable) and SDG 13 (take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts).Governing the WEF nexus in cities is one of the greatest resource challenges of our time, as cities consume large amounts of WEF, but one that can also generate relevant alternatives with which to tackle climate change. To help fostering these alternatives, this book analyzes the governance, institutional and political economy factors that determine the effectiveness of the nexus approach and reviews the potential, the benefits and the policy implications of the adoption of the WEF nexus approach at the urban level. Through a series of hands-on cases, chapters in this book present the opportunities of the WEF nexus approach to achieve innovation and transformative change and discuss concrete areas of synergy and policy initiative to raise urban resilience.
Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Climate Change in Cities will serve both as a guide for policy makers as well as a useful resource for students and researchers in fields such as urban studies, public health, environmental sciences, energy studies and public policy interested in learning how cities can represent possibilities to navigate and manage sustainability from local to global.
... Smart cities are the future of cities that is happening now, and they are key to better management of urban WEF systems (Alzaabi et al,. 2019;Sukhwani et al., 2020). ...
Climate change is expected to affect the most diverse regions of the world in diverse ways, posing additional challenges to managers and populations in the countryside and in the cities. In this chapter, we adopt climate anomaly scenarios considering the variables such as maximum temperature, consecutive days of rain, and number of dry days, to select municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon that are likely to face great climate changes in the region. We then analyzed socioeconomic data, producing clusters for groups of municipalities based on the neural network self-organizing maps. Our findings reveal that an analysis of the cities from a nexus perspective shows the impact of climate change in urban development and, at the same time, urban development impacts on the natural resources. The results depict Brazilian Amazon municipalities’ vulnerability – they have the lowest level of basic sanitation, waste management, adequate storm drainage, and human development index that makes their population particularly vulnerable to face the climate crisis. Furthermore, impacts can be particularly disastrous for 30 Amazonian municipalities by their critical condition due to climate change and their socioeconomic and water demand index. Our results can be useful for managers of municipalities that may reach critical states due to climate change and serve as an alert to the urgency of adaptation and management strategies.
... Smart cities are the future of cities that is happening now, and they are key to better management of urban WEF systems (Alzaabi et al,. 2019;Sukhwani et al., 2020). ...
Cities are dependent on hinterlands – whether local or global – for water, energy, and food (WEF) to sustain urban activities. With the projected growth of urban population and consumption, the demand for natural resources tends to increase. Moreover, climate change will potentially increase the insecurity of the availability of WEF in cities. Decision-makers in cities are often faced with the very challenging issue of resource management due to scarcity of resources that generates conflicts among stakeholders. Therefore, the risks associated with rapid urbanization and climate change have highlighted the need to reconfigure the development of cities to optimize and reduce the use of resources in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nevertheless, various approaches have been developed in the last decades to improve the WEFN. Thus, this chapter presents challenges and opportunities for improving the governance of cities over WEF systems and the nexus among them. Using the WEF nexus framework, cities would benefit from a transition toward a circular economy that uses renewable resources and designs cyclical and efficient systems. This would encourage innovative responses and effective partnerships toward smarter cities able to tackle climate change.
... Agriculture is the most water-and energy-intensive sector in NMA, and its main water basin (Wainganga) is classified as having chronic depletion (Abell et al., 2017). The water demands in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the main local government in NMA, are primarily met through the multipurpose Pench Dam (Fig. 3), but the recently declining water availability has created inevitable conflicts over the consumption of food, water, and energy resources (Sukhwani et al., 2020a). ...
... However, according to the Draft Sanitation Plan report for 2011 (Nagpur Municipal Corporation, 2011b), more than 50% of water supplied to Nagpur was lost in transmission and distribution networks. The importance of food systems was also stressed during the enforced COVID-19 lockdown, wherein the urban-rural food supply chains were reportedly disrupted (Sukhwani et al., 2020a). In the same way that a PPP has been established for wastewater in a TPP, a synergy between stakeholders is proposed to use crop residue as an energy source (Fig. 4b). ...
Circular economy principles can lead to a series of opportunities to tackle climate change, particularly in cities of developing countries where the generation of waste, consumption and demand for energy is growing rapidly. This paper aims to advance the understanding of the expansion of circularity for tackling climate change using biomass for energy at the urban scale. In addition, little is known about how Circular Economy (CE) flows can be quantitatively integrated, what potential trade-offs exist in promoting Circular Economy using biomass, and how governance models can integrate these flows and contribute to a Circular Economy transition in cities. Based on an empirical study of a city in India, where the private sector participation through an innovative Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model enabled the use of urban wastewater in thermal power plants, the study presents the viability of Circular Economy models at the city scale. The feasibility of a further expansion of this circularity by co-firing biomass in local thermal power plants was analyzed, as a potential solution for reducing pollution and carbon emissions in a hard-to-abate sector. The result indicated an average 20.5 MJ.kg⁻¹ calorific value for torrefied mixed biomass pellets from crop residues, which, if applied to about 447 kt.y⁻¹ surplus biomass available in Nagpur would amount to 9.18 PJ of energy (per year). Overall, local power plants demanded about 19.85 Mt of coal in 2017–18, equivalent to 297.8 PJ in that fiscal year. Thus, the supply of torrefied pellets from peri-urban crop residues can meet between 2-3% of the demand from coal-fired power plants, resulting in a 0.3% decrease in the emissions from the power sector in India in 2017–18 (i.e., 922 MtCO2), benefiting different sectors and levels of government. The analysis provides a framework for understanding the technical and institutional possibilities for strengthening the relationship between circular economy and climate change in the cities of developing countries by connecting flows and systems within and beyond urban centers. Therefore, the expansion of Circular Economy in cities can occur by integrating urban sectors and policy coordination at different levels of governance. Partnerships between local governments, utilities, and civil society for co-managing energy, water, and waste in cities can reduce the financial burden on national governments, including meeting national emission targets.
... Smart cities are the future of cities that is happening now, and they are key to better management of urban WEF systems (Alzaabi et al,. 2019;Sukhwani et al., 2020). ...
The urban water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approach in cities represents a pathway for coping with trade-offs in the search for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The scientific literature on the WEF nexus has grown enormously since 2012. Recently, it has become more diversified with the evolution of new topics and expanded scope, demonstrating the inherent complexity associated with nexus thinking and placing this methodology at the science-0policy-society interface. Cities are central to the sustainability agenda and have been at the core of plans and strategies implementation since United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED 92). Thus, applying the nexus in urban contexts allows the exploration of local complexities and uncertainties and the engagement of different social actors to produce actions that transcend scales and dialogue with global concerns, such as climate change. Unquestionably, the urban nexus stimulates multilevel and intersectoral governance, contributing to coping with the challenges and contradictions of the SDGs. Innovations, understood in a broad sense as doing things differently, are essential to moving the WEF nexus from theory into practice. Here we explore nexus discussions via cases involving urban-rural relationships, circular economy, institutional perspectives, logistics, urban food production, and food waste reduction and analyze the consequences for urban climate mitigation and adaptation.
