Abstract
As the energy infrastructure is re-orienting to cater to de-covidization, this paper posits the rurbanization option. De-covidization is defined as actionable options to migrate from the corona virus pandemic, seen through the lens of sustainable energy access. De-covidating would imply ‘build and retrofit-back better' with respect to energy access. De-covidization has implications on scale, locale, alignment for energy access in the rurbanized format. The locale and reach of rurbanized energy access need to blend with living habitat. This paper is on the construct of de-covidization through grass-roots up energy access options through an innovation, rurbanization. Rurbanization refers to rural-urban aligned resource corridors that offer potential for sustainable energy access. Rurban interface is a metric that assesses the possibility of redesigning and rescaling carbon proof energy access options. There is sparse literature on the concept of rurbanization that hybridizes benefit incidence and network views on urban-rural interfaces. The focus is sustainable energy access. The paper conceptualizes rurbanization to bridge the gap in the research that emanates from the propensity of urban megapolises to create clutter, which results in degraded ecology, air pollution, health hazards, lower quality of life, gender inequity, and vulnerability to natural disasters. This has exacerbated during the current global pandemic. As de-covidating initiatives are unleashed, the energy access would need appropriate and manageable scale. Urbanization cannot be sustained without a robust rural interface.Keywords: Rurbanization, De-covidization, Energy Access, Ecology-driven Shared Value Creation, Water-waste-energy MetricsJEL Classifications: Q01, O35, R580DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10239
Highlights
De-covidization is defined as agility to shift away from the coronavirus pandemic, seen through the lens of sustainable energy access
Analysis: The Rurban Interface Align-ability Matrix Table 2 analyzes bridging and enables a role played by ethics and good governance to identify peripheral parameters, namely, land use, ecology practice, water and energy resource management, environmental management, triple bottom-line management, and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Good governance and ethical pursuit of rurban interfaces emanate from the align-ability of rurban interfaces through coupled differentiation and competitiveness
Summary
De-covidization is defined as agility to shift away from the coronavirus pandemic, seen through the lens of sustainable energy access. The locale and reach of rurbanized energy access need to blend with living habitat This conceptual proposition draws inspiration from the possibility of rural-urban aligned collage that evolve on hybrid and tangiblyethical building blocks that integrate innovation, entrepreneurship, and re-development (Kundu and Lahiri, 2018). Rurbanization intent enables organic institutions that are responsive for reforms and reviews Their internal architecture, as well as external networks and alliances, tend to integrate economic, societal, environmental, and sustainability determinants, such as vulnerability to disasters and susceptibility to climate issues. Overarching ethics and good governance empowers flexibility of rurban initiatives, promotes social justice, and provides a sense of equity of shared urban and rural resources (Rocha and Lessa, 2009) These propositions are multifaceted and require a multi-perspective, interdisciplinary literature review
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