IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i14p8485-d860122.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Namares—A Surface Inventory and Intervention Assessment Model for Urban Resource Management

Author

Listed:
  • Elias Naber

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Rebekka Volk

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Kai Mörmann

    (Institute of Sustainable Management of Housing and Real Estate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Denise Boehnke

    (Division 4—Natural and Built Environment, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany)

  • Thomas Lützkendorf

    (Institute of Sustainable Management of Housing and Real Estate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Frank Schultmann

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

Abstract

Densely built-up areas are challenged by reduced biodiversity, high volumes of runoff water, reduced evaporation, and heat accumulation. Such phenomena are associated with imperviousness and low, unsustainable utilisation of land and exterior building surfaces. Local authorities have multiple objectives when (re-)developing future-proof districts. Hence, exploiting local potentials to mitigate adverse anthropogenic effects and managing the resource of urban land/surfaces have become key priorities. Accordingly, a five-level hierarchy for a land-sensitive urban development strategy was derived. To support the operationalisation of the hierarchy, we present the model Namares, a highly resolved GIS-based approach to enable spatially explicit identification and techno-economic and environmental assessment of intervention measures for advantageous utilisation of available surfaces per land parcel. It uses existing data and covers the management of economic, natural, and technical resources. Nine intervention measures are implemented to identify potentials, estimate investments and annual costs, and assess the appeal of existing subsidies. The approach was applied to a case study redevelopment area in a large city in Germany. The results provide spatially explicit information on greening potentials, estimated investments, subsidy demand, and other quantified benefits. The case study results show the limited potential for additional unsealing of impervious surfaces by transforming ca. 10% of sealed ground surface area into new urban gardens. At the same time, up to 47% of roof and 30% of facade surfaces could be utilised for greening and energy harvesting. The approach enables a comprehensive localisation and quantitative assessment of intervention potentials to enhance decision support in land-sensitive urban development strategies.

Suggested Citation

  • Elias Naber & Rebekka Volk & Kai Mörmann & Denise Boehnke & Thomas Lützkendorf & Frank Schultmann, 2022. "Namares—A Surface Inventory and Intervention Assessment Model for Urban Resource Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-34, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:14:p:8485-:d:860122
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/14/8485/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/14/8485/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Kleerekoper, Laura & van Esch, Marjolein & Salcedo, Tadeo Baldiri, 2012. "How to make a city climate-proof, addressing the urban heat island effect," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 30-38.
    2. Säumel, Ina & Weber, Frauke & Kowarik, Ingo, 2016. "Toward livable and healthy urban streets: Roadside vegetation provides ecosystem services where people live and move," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 24-33.
    3. Maria Ignatieva & Dagmar Haase & Diana Dushkova & Annegret Haase, 2020. "Lawns in Cities: From a Globalised Urban Green Space Phenomenon to Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-27, March.
    4. Carole Sylvie Campagne & Philippe K. Roche & Jean-Michel Salles, 2018. "Looking into Pandora’s box: ecosystem disservices assessment and correlations with ecosystem services," Post-Print hal-01952506, HAL.
    5. Sebastian Fastenrath & Lars Coenen, 2021. "Future-proof cities through governance experiments? Insights from the Resilient Melbourne Strategy (RMS)," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(1), pages 138-149, January.
    6. Ilse M. Voskamp & Claudia de Luca & Monserrat Budding Polo-Ballinas & Helena Hulsman & Reinder Brolsma, 2021. "Nature-Based Solutions Tools for Planning Urban Climate Adaptation: State of the Art," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-17, June.
    7. David Tilman & Michael Clark & David R. Williams & Kaitlin Kimmel & Stephen Polasky & Craig Packer, 2017. "Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7656), pages 73-81, June.
    8. Xuemei Bai & Richard J. Dawson & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz & Gian C. Delgado & Aliyu Salisu Barau & Shobhakar Dhakal & David Dodman & Lykke Leonardsen & Valérie Masson-Delmotte & Debra C. Roberts & Seth Schu, 2018. "Six research priorities for cities and climate change," Nature, Nature, vol. 555(7694), pages 23-25, March.
    9. Laurence Jones & Massimo Vieno & Alice Fitch & Edward Carnell & Claudia Steadman & Philip Cryle & Mike Holland & Eiko Nemitz & Dan Morton & Jane Hall & Gina Mills & Ian Dickie & Stefan Reis, 2019. "Urban natural capital accounts: developing a novel approach to quantify air pollution removal by vegetation," Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(4), pages 413-428, October.
    10. von Döhren, Peer & Haase, Dagmar, 2019. "Risk assessment concerning urban ecosystem disservices: The example of street trees in Berlin, Germany," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 40(C).
    11. Elie Hanna & Francisco A. Comín, 2021. "Urban Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Development: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-15, October.
    12. Yangang Xing & Phil Jones & Iain Donnison, 2017. "Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-20, January.
    13. Michele Grimaldi & Vincenzo Pellecchia & Isidoro Fasolino, 2017. "Urban Plan and Water Infrastructures Planning: A Methodology Based on Spatial ANP," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-23, May.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Rebekka Volk & Thomas Lützkendorf, 2023. "Editorial: Special Issue “Resource Management in Urban Districts—A Contribution to Sustainable Urban Development”," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-5, March.
    2. Denise Boehnke & Alice Krehl & Kai Mörmann & Rebekka Volk & Thomas Lützkendorf & Elias Naber & Ronja Becker & Stefan Norra, 2022. "Mapping Urban Green and Its Ecosystem Services at Microscale—A Methodological Approach for Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-26, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sina Razzaghi Asl & Hamil Pearsall, 2022. "How Do Different Modes of Governance Support Ecosystem Services/Disservices in Small-Scale Urban Green Infrastructure? A Systematic Review," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-21, August.
    2. Rami Al Sidawi & Teo Urushadze & Angelika Ploeger, 2020. "Changes in Dairy Products Value Chain in Georgia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-29, July.
    3. Christopher Hassall & Michael Nisbet & Evan Norcliffe & He Wang, 2024. "The Potential Health Benefits of Urban Tree Planting Suggested through Immersive Environments," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, February.
    4. Kristian Steensen Nielsen & Theresa M. Marteau & Jan M. Bauer & Richard B. Bradbury & Steven Broad & Gayle Burgess & Mark Burgman & Hilary Byerly & Susan Clayton & Dulce Espelosin & Paul J. Ferraro & , 2021. "Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 5(5), pages 550-556, May.
    5. Tsung-Ming Tsao & Jing-Shiang Hwang & Sung-Tsun Lin & Charlene Wu & Ming-Jer Tsai & Ta-Chen Su, 2022. "Forest Bathing Is Better than Walking in Urban Park: Comparison of Cardiac and Vascular Function between Urban and Forest Parks," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-15, March.
    6. Ellen Banzhaf & Sally Anderson & Gwendoline Grandin & Richard Hardiman & Anne Jensen & Laurence Jones & Julius Knopp & Gregor Levin & Duncan Russel & Wanben Wu & Jun Yang & Marianne Zandersen, 2022. "Urban-Rural Dependencies and Opportunities to Design Nature-Based Solutions for Resilience in Europe and China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-25, March.
    7. Bohong Zheng & Rui Guo & Komi Bernard Bedra & Yanfen Xiang, 2022. "Quantitative Evaluation of Urban Style at Street Level: A Case Study of Hengyang County, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-28, March.
    8. Susca, T. & Zanghirella, F. & Colasuonno, L. & Del Fatto, V., 2022. "Effect of green wall installation on urban heat island and building energy use: A climate-informed systematic literature review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    9. Kathrin Stenchly & Marc Victor Hansen & Katharina Stein & Andreas Buerkert & Wilhelm Loewenstein, 2018. "Income Vulnerability of West African Farming Households to Losses in Pollination Services: A Case Study from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-12, November.
    10. Peter Horton, 2017. "We need radical change in how we produce and consume food," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(6), pages 1323-1327, December.
    11. Vassiliades, C. & Savvides, A. & Buonomano, A., 2022. "Building integration of active solar energy systems for façades renovation in the urban fabric: Effects on the thermal comfort in outdoor public spaces in Naples and Thessaloniki," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 30-47.
    12. Michele Grimaldi & Monica Sebillo & Giuliana Vitiello & Vincenzo Pellecchia, 2020. "Planning and Managing the Integrated Water System: A Spatial Decision Support System to Analyze the Infrastructure Performances," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-24, August.
    13. Muhallil Abtahee & Afra Anika Islam & Md. Nazmul Haque & Hasan Zonaed & Samiha Mahzabin Ritu & Sk Md Imdadul Islam & Atiq Zaman, 2023. "Mapping Ecotourism Potential in Bangladesh: The Integration of an Analytical Hierarchy Algorithm and Geospatial Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-28, July.
    14. Eggimann, Sven, 2022. "Expanding urban green space with superblocks," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    15. Ziqi Meng & Jinwei Dong & Erle C. Ellis & Graciela Metternicht & Yuanwei Qin & Xiao-Peng Song & Sara Löfqvist & Rachael D. Garrett & Xiaopeng Jia & Xiangming Xiao, 2023. "Post-2020 biodiversity framework challenged by cropland expansion in protected areas," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 6(7), pages 758-768, July.
    16. Pia Wackler & Sonja Bauer, 2024. "Potentials for Optimizing Roadside Greenery to Improve the Quality of Life in Cities," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-22, March.
    17. Shao Sun & Zunya Wang & Chuanye Hu & Ge Gao, 2021. "Understanding Climate Hazard Patterns and Urban Adaptation Measures in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-12, December.
    18. Marie Lassalas & Sabine Duvaleix & Laure Latruffe, 2024. "The technical and economic effects of biodiversity standards on wheat production," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 51(2), pages 275-308.
    19. Guangdong Li & Chuanglin Fang & James E. M. Watson & Siao Sun & Wei Qi & Zhenbo Wang & Jianguo Liu, 2024. "Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    20. Zdeňka Žáková Kroupová & Lukáš Čechura & Matěj Opatrný & Zuzana Hloušková & Iveta Mlezivová, 2023. "Assessment of the impact of agricultural support on crop diversity," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 69(3), pages 89-100.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:14:p:8485-:d:860122. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.