SUSTAINABLE URBAN MANAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In order to develop sustainable urban areas, we need concepts, techniques, and measures that allow us to combine environmental policies with social and economic policies. This paper describes existing computer-supported methodologies: Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Eco-logistics, and Material Flux Analysis. These instruments require completion and integration. Even if integrated in a holistic and consistent framework, they are not sufficient to bring about the paradigm shift from conventional urban planning to sustainable urban management. New ideas, such as the concept of fractal urban form, the sequential interindustry model, and the dynamic economic-ecological models, need to be developed and utilized. Sustainable urban management requires a deeper understanding of the evolution of ecological, social, and economic structures and, based on this understanding, the construction of instruments that help to approach sustainability. For both steps, information technology can offer various forms of support.

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  Intermediate Technology Publications Limited

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  London WC2E 8HW,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Weiland, U
  • Hilty, L
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 197-202
• Serial:
  • Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities
  • Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Databases; Ecology; Economic growth; Environmental impact analysis; Information technology; Life cycle analysis; Logistics; Management; Simulation; Social change; Software; Sustainable development; Urban development
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768933
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1853394521
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 1999 12:00AM