Implications of Low Carbon City Sustainability Strategies for 2050
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21230%2F20%3A00342534" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21230/20:00342534 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135417" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135417</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12135417" target="_blank" >10.3390/su12135417</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Implications of Low Carbon City Sustainability Strategies for 2050
Original language description
Cities and urban areas are critical nodes of societal resource flows, responsible for both global and local sustainability implications. They are complex systems and understanding the implications of potential actions by cities is critical for progress towards sustainability. In this paper the future implications of sustainability strategies are assessed for 10 European cities by comparing two scenarios for 2050: a business-as-usual (BAU) and a post-carbon/sustainability scenario (PC2050) (generated by city stakeholders). The effects of the scenarios are assessed using a mixed methodology: a semi-quantitative sustainability indicator analysis, energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (both production-based and consumption-based accounting (PBA and CBA)), land-use spatial modelling, and cost-benefit analysis. The paper highlights the clear benefits of PC2050 with improved sustainability indicator results, reduced land sprawl (which averages 16% in BAU) and positive cost-benefit results. Nonetheless, inequality and segregation are a common concern. In addition, whilst PBA indicates a significant decrease (average decrease from 4.7 to 1.3 tCO(2)eq per capita) CBA demonstrates rising overall emissions from an average of 11 to 14.8 tCO(2)eq per capita. This is linked to rising affluence and consumption trends despite local improvements in GHG emissions, which highlights a need for cities to address consumption-based emissions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN
2071-1050
e-ISSN
2071-1050
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
13
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000550218000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85087876175