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Climate-Energy Policies, Heat Provision, and Urban Planning: A Renewal of Interest in District Heating in France: Insights from National and Local Levels

Climate-Energy Policies, Heat Provision, and Urban Planning: A Renewal of Interest in District... AbstractHow do climate and energy objectives influence the renewal of the role of network infrastructures in urban planning and the running of urban systems? The example of the revival of interest in district heating networks provides a few possible answers to this question, which is central to the understanding and characterization of the conditions for carrying out the urban energy transition. In this paper, we study this example by analyzing recent changes in French regulations and the process of creating an intercommunal energy-related competence in the Lyon metropolitan area. Emphasis is placed on the institutional and political conditions surrounding a change in governance as well as the underlying justifications in the reconsideration of an existing infrastructure in view of new energy, climate, and social challenges within a specific urban context. Our study has been carried out in reference to several discussions on urban planning and on institutional, political, and spatial factors that shape urban infrastructure regimes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Climate-Energy Policies, Heat Provision, and Urban Planning: A Renewal of Interest in District Heating in France: Insights from National and Local Levels

Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 21 (3): 17 – Jul 3, 2014
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2014 The Society of Urban Technology
ISSN
1466-1853
eISSN
1063-0732
DOI
10.1080/10630732.2014.940711
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Abstract

AbstractHow do climate and energy objectives influence the renewal of the role of network infrastructures in urban planning and the running of urban systems? The example of the revival of interest in district heating networks provides a few possible answers to this question, which is central to the understanding and characterization of the conditions for carrying out the urban energy transition. In this paper, we study this example by analyzing recent changes in French regulations and the process of creating an intercommunal energy-related competence in the Lyon metropolitan area. Emphasis is placed on the institutional and political conditions surrounding a change in governance as well as the underlying justifications in the reconsideration of an existing infrastructure in view of new energy, climate, and social challenges within a specific urban context. Our study has been carried out in reference to several discussions on urban planning and on institutional, political, and spatial factors that shape urban infrastructure regimes.

Journal

Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Jul 3, 2014

Keywords: District heating; climate and energy policies; urban planning; networks

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