Synergy in the city: making the sum of the parts more than the whole

Mitchell, CA; Campbell, S

Synergy in the city: making the sum of the parts more than the whole

Mitchell, CA

Campbell, S

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Publisher:: IWA Publishing
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: 2nd IWA Leading-Edge on Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, 2006, 1, pp. 125 - 135
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, CA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-540X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Campbell, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Beck, MB	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Speers, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2nd IWA Leading-Edge on Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, 2006, 1, pp. 125 - 135	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-84339-507-X	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	The pressures on existing infrastructures are significant: demand is beginning to outstrip supply; aging infrastructure poorly maintained presents an increasing risk; and rejection of urban sprawl forces increasing population density. At the same time, the drivers for infrastructure are changing. We are beginning to recognise ecological limits to supply, leading to shifting expectations, for example, from 'remove waste' to 'recapture nutrients'. We now know that a sustainable future requires step changes in material use intensity, which has further infrastructure implications. We have witnessed it already in communications. For water and energy, and therefore, for transport also, the step changes are on the horizon. Community expectations are moving too, for example, from separating home and work towards co-locating them.	en_US
dc.publisher	IWA Publishing	en_US
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dc.rights	©IWA Publishing 2006. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in 2nd IWA Leading-Edge on Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, 2006, 1, pp. 125 - 135 and is available at www.iwapublishing.com.	en_US
dc.title	Synergy in the city: making the sum of the parts more than the whole	en_US
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Abstract:

The pressures on existing infrastructures are significant: demand is beginning to outstrip supply; aging infrastructure poorly maintained presents an increasing risk; and rejection of urban sprawl forces increasing population density. At the same time, the drivers for infrastructure are changing. We are beginning to recognise ecological limits to supply, leading to shifting expectations, for example, from 'remove waste' to 'recapture nutrients'. We now know that a sustainable future requires step changes in material use intensity, which has further infrastructure implications. We have witnessed it already in communications. For water and energy, and therefore, for transport also, the step changes are on the horizon. Community expectations are moving too, for example, from separating home and work towards co-locating them.

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