Using integrated urban models to respond to climate change in cities

摘要: This paper presents a single, integrated urban model that focuses on the key areas of transport, domestic energy-use, and water use how these relate to planning other policies. The structure is spatial — requiring sub-division region into disjoint sub-regions. Such necessary, not only because information essential any transport model, but also climatic demographic factors are common all resource models, spatially heterogeneous. intended for by local, regional, state authorities, government departments, energy, utility service companies as modelling decision support tool analysing impact cities range water, land related In particular, it seeks understand reductions possible at household city scales. Growing awareness threats from climate change has focused attention greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need reduce them. Using sample analysis Sydney, our on-going research collaboration examine working relationships between multiple infrastructure sectors through single platform. integrate policy infrastructures critical given fronts which sustainability systems now jeopardised.