Abstract
Urban infrastructure is a complex interdependent system of systems. It provides a framework that connects and integrates social, cultural, financial, natural, technological and human values. This paper contributes to the development of new approaches towards urban infrastructure governance, identified as one of the key issues in the field of sustainable urban infrastructure. To do that, the authors explore cross-sectoral urban infrastructure projects, in which infrastructures supplying different urban functions are connected. This focus on a local level of cross-domain connection allows understanding the challenges of such connections on the project level, giving practical insights into management and governance challenges. The authors analyse four local projects of cross-sector connections of infrastructures, aiming to understand the collaborative dynamics of governing such projects towards successful outcomes, in terms of overcoming the barriers towards such projects while creating value. Given the high expectations of increased value of integrated urban infrastructures compared with traditional, siloed infrastructure development and management, the insights from local, project-level experiences, in addition to holistic perspectives, can be informative for investment strategy development by private and public stakeholders.
Highlights
Infrastructure is a complex interdependent system of system on which countries and cities rely to provide services, enhance quality of life and underpin economic development and growth (Boin and McConnell, 2007, Carhart et al, 2016)
We explore cross-sectoral urban infrastructure projects, in which infrastructures supplying different urban functions are connected
Given the high expectations of increased value of integrated urban infrastructures compared to traditional, siloed infrastructure development and management, the insights from local, project-level experiences, in addition to holistic perspectives, can be informative for investment strategy development by private and public stakeholders
Summary
Infrastructure is a complex interdependent system of system on which countries and cities rely to provide services, enhance quality of life and underpin economic development and growth (Boin and McConnell, 2007, Carhart et al, 2016). UISs provide the frameworks that connect and integrate social, cultural, financial, natural, technological and human values in the context of urban systems (Pandit et al, 2017) They enable the flow of people, energy, water, materials, and money into, within, and out of cities and contribute to economic prosperity, social well-being as well as the reshaping of the urban landscape. UISs are part of urban ecological infrastructure (UEI) where blue (water-based), green (vegetated), and grey (non-living) landscapes are integrated with outputs (whether outflows, treatment or recycling) at an ecosystem scale (Li et al, 2017) This way of thinking enables us to reflect on urban processes in a more systematic way as they are characterised by interconnecting infrastructural landscapes. After the methodology section, accounting for the selection of two Dutch and two UK-based cases, we analyse the cases and discuss how these cases inform the possibilities for developing new approaches towards infrastructure governance
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