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Strategic planning of urban infrastructure for environmental sustainability: Understanding the past to intervene for the future Malekpour, Shirin 1 ; Brown, Rebekah R; de Haan, Fjalar J 1 School of Social Sciences, Water for

Liveability Centre and Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University,

Victoria 3800, Australia, [email protected] . Cities  Vol. 46,  (Aug 2015): 67-75.

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ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) Urban infrastructure systems have long lifespans and influence the state of the environment for extended periods

of time. Processes of strategic planning for urban infrastructure are thus instrumental to materializing

environmental sustainability visions. Continued investments in infrastructure with adverse environmental impacts

imply that sustainability priorities are not embedded in planning processes, as these processes tend to follow the

path-dependent legacy of older planning paradigms. This study identifies the cognitive framings that underpin the

evolution of strategic planning over the last century, to reveal the path-dependent attributes of strategic planning

thinking that undermine alternative solutions. To do that, a scoping study of the literature on strategic planning of

public infrastructure, from 1900 through 2013, was conducted. To develop effective planning interventions

towards sustainability transitions in urban infrastructure systems, the paper calls for diagnostic tools that

examine the realities of planning practice, and, operational frameworks for bridging historically-entrained modes of

practice to sustainability aspirations. DETAILS

Subject: Infrastructure; Cities; Environmental impact; Priorities; Intervention; Sustainability

Classification: ENA 05: Environmental Design &Urban Ecology; M3 1010: Issues in Sustainable

Development

Identifier / keyword: Strategic planning Public infrastructure Sustainable development Sustainability

transitions Scoping study Historical review

Correspondence author: Malekpour, Shirin  

Author e-mail address: [email protected]

Publication title: Cities

Volume: 46

Pages: 67-75

Number of pages: 9

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Publication year: 2015

Publisher: Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom

ISSN: 0264-2751

Source type: Scholarly Journals

Peer reviewed: Yes

Summary language: English

Language of publication: English

Document type: Journal Article

Subfile: Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2015.05.003

Update: 2015-09-01

Accession number: PQ0001857421

ProQuest document ID: 1709175604

Document URL: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1709175604?accountid=28903

Last updated: 2015-11-16

Database: Natural Science Collection