EXPLORING INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN THE PROVISION OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES - EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS FROM GERMAN CITIES Visiting Prof. Dr. Antje Matern // chair for regional planning // BTU international conference at EURAC // Bozen// 19. November 2015 Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015
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EXPLORING INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN THE PROVISION OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES - EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS FROM GERMAN CITIES
Visiting Prof. Dr. Antje Matern // chair for regional planning // BTU international conference at EURAC // Bozen// 19. November 2015 Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015
THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF CITIES AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (DFG, 2012-2015) IN THE COLLABORATION PROJECT “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES”
Untersuchungsgegenstand CITIES AND NETWORKED INFRASTRUCTURES
INFRASTRUCTURES AS ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT - safe and reliable provision of infrastructure services is critical to the functioning of production and services - Backbone of urban economies - structure territory and flows of resources and energy and influence the urban metabolisms - material mediator between nature and cities
Scrutinized by trends of § demographic and climate change § urban policies and austerity § environmental policies
SOCIAL RESEARCH ON URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES
LTS DEBATES – TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES – Understanding infrastructures as socio-technical systems
(„infrastructure both shapes and is shaped by the conventions of a community”)
– Analytical dimension of urban infrastructures – Planning and sustainable development of transitions-/innovation processes
– Network infrastructures = essential precondition for a sustainable development of urban areas (service provision, competition of places)
– Sectoral studies regarding transformation of urban infrastructures
Ø Research gap: cross-sectoral interdependencies and linkages between different domains
Ø Importance for sustainable development
Visiting Prof. Dr. Antje Matern // chair for regional planning // BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
STRUCTURE OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS
S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T O F U R B A N I N F R A S T R U C T U R E S
Cross-sectoral linkages and coordination in the domains water and energy supply and waste / wasterwater treatment
1. D I S C O U R S E A N A L Y S I S
Which demands concerning the coordination of urban infrastructures are addressed in scientific debates? - debates: social research within infrastructure concerning
cross-sectoral linkages and their coordination
2 . S U R V E Y
How does German cities organise cross-sectoral coordination? What kind of factors influence the coordination on a local level? Analysis of business reports and shareholder structures & explorative survey in medium-sized German cities (200. -500.000 inh.) - CEO / managers of services providers - Officers in local authorities (environmental agencies and urban planning)
3 . C A S E S T U D I E S
What are strategies on a local level to develop cross-sectoral coordination? Comparative case studies in four medium-sized cities - Innovations in cross-sectoral linkages - KRITIS: coordination for risk management
What are the conclusions for a sustainable urban development of cities and their network infrastructures?
DEBATES CONSIDERING DEMANDS FOR CROSS-SECTORAL COORDINATION
Demands for cross-sectoral coordination of urban infrastructures
§ Holistic approach in urban metabolisms / circulation of material and energy flows § Interdependencies between critical infrastructures could cause cascade effects § New forms of linkages caused by digitalisation
urban meta
bolism
Critical infra struc tures
Smart ness
debates
TRENDS IN SERVICE PROVISION: UNBUNDLING AND LIBERALIZATION
cross-sectoral coordination tasks vs. unbundling in service provision
§ EU liberalization policies » avoid discrimination/ cross-subsidisation/ monopolies » unbundling infrastructure supply into different functional areas of individual companies
§ Fragmentation of service provision, privatisation of companies » Differentiation and specialisation between and within infrastructure sectors » new diversity of actor’s: Higher number and diversity of service provision » High amount of privatisation and outsourcing of service provision
The theoretical demands for a cross-sectoral coordination in urban infrastructures are opposed by the following obstacles
» Fragmented actors constellations with heterogeneous logics of acting
• New modes of coordination and governance needed • from vertically integrated companies to individual units
» Sectoral orientation (rules, networks and incentives) • Laws, regulations (e.g. communal fees, prices) • Incentives for innovations, financial support, project development
» Organisational changes in public administration and coordination problems • Sectoral organisation of local authorities and financial structures (DOPIK) • Decreasing staff and time resources • Changing or lacking political objectives / impulses
Kiel
Rostock
Lübeck
Braunschweig
Magdeburg
Chemnitz
Halle
Erfurt
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Freiburg
Augsburg
Bonn Aachen
Bielefeld
Münster
Oberhausen
Krefeld Bochum
Wuppertal Mönchengladbach
Duisburg
Gelsenkirchen Document analysis
» service provision and shareholder structures in urban infrastructures
Explorative survey
» Cross-sectoral linkages, forms and demands for coordination
» Barriers, potentials and synergies of cross-sectoral coordination
» role of urban planning
EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS
Number of utility in service provision
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Halle Krefeld*
Wuppertal Oberhausen*
Bielefeld Braunschweig
Duisburg* Mönchengladbach*
Münster Rostock Aachen
Gelsenkirchen* Lübeck
Magdeburg Bonn
Kiel Mainz
Wiesbaden Bochum
Erfurt Karlsruhe Augsburg
Freiburg i. Breisgau Mannheim Chemnitz
* Verband kommunaler RWE-Aktionäre aus Auswertung entfernt
68%
14%
12%
6%
1 Sektor 2 Sektoren
3 Sektoren 4 Sektoren
Number of domain responsibilities in the utility
COMPANY STRUCTURES IN SERVICE PROVISION
energy water wastewater waste
energy
§ Energy generated from hydropower
§ Energy generated viw turbines in the drinking water pipes
§ Wastewater heat recovery
§ Waste incineration § Landfill gas § Photovoltaic plants on
landfill areas
water
§ Energy efficiency of pump systems
§ Resource cycle § Mutual influencing of
costs
§ Seepage water from landfills as a hazard to the groundwater
wastewater
§ Energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants
§ Combustion of sewage sludge
§ Generation of electricity from fermentation gas
§ PV on sewage treatment areas
§ Joint determination and calculation fee
§ Residues from sewage treatment processes
§ Building rubble and hazardous waste from canal construction
waste
§ Energy consumption from waste separation
§ Water consumption in recycling processes
§ Reduction of material discharges through efficient street cleaning
» Focus on efficiency / profit-orientation » New spatial and institutional distances
• New actors /power constellations > multiplication of interests • lack of face-to-face contacts /distances: decreasing knowledge about other domains
» Loss of coordination power / options in local authorities (urban planning) • discrepancy between demand for coordination vs. coordination practices • the transformation of urban infrastructure systems hinder cross-sectoral coordination by
Bahnbrechende Innovationen entstehen an Schnittstellen und einige dieser Schnittstellen konnten wir schaffen. „Ground-breaking innovations develop at interfaces, and we have created some of these interfaces.“ (Arnim Pfoh, Fraunhofer, 16.12.2010) > cross-sectoral linkages as centers of innovation?
INNOVATION IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES
Smart City- Debates as starting point for innovation?
» Low importance of Smartness-debates, alternative visions » Critics: theoretical debates, data security,
costs-benefit for local actors
References in objectives and approaches » motivated by climate politics » economically motivated innovation (industry 4.0)
> resource vs. cost efficiency » Approach:
transformation technology- and market-oriented understanding of innovation
Patterns of innovation in German cities » Applied innovation
• System stability by continuous modernisation • Application of new technologies instead of basis innovation • Durability of technological systems /material costs of networks
» Project-oriented / not city-wide • approach: minimalize the risks / use of stage effects / reduce material costs • Importance of networks and cooperation (know-how /resources /support program) • The public become aware of infrastructures when they are visibility (street lights)
» Distinctiveness of cities • Path-dependencies by physical structures, political objectives,
actors constellations/-networks; city-specific system builders • Comparable support and funding instruments but different patterns of practice / use
(funds for innovation- or climate protection)
INNOVATIONS IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES
INNOVATIONS IN CROSS-SECTORAL LINKAGES
DEMANDS FOR COORDINATION
» Linkages as peripheries of individual domains • Innovations need to be compatible in two domains (technological, competitive, legal) • Sector responsibilities for innovations, sector-oriented conferences/networks/science structures • Sector-oriented structures/learning networks as reduction of complexity • implementation: domain-oriented organisation in tendering (-obligation) • Higher coordination costs, unclear responsibilities (cost-benefit-ratio)
» Actors of cross-sectoral modernisation • City administration
networking actor, development- and government competencies motive: city-specific challenges/option, Implementation of political goals
• Multi-Utility user-oriented cross-sectoral approach, sector-oriented expertise and proximity of domain-actors, similar IT-systems for data management/ territorial coverage, motive: political demand, user demand or market potentials as incentive to innovate
• Research institutes/ IT –companies external expertise, implementation of new technologies, “funding logics”
» Cross-sectoral linkages impinge on an institutional / organisational gap • Sectoral regulations, organisation, norm systems • Incentives and networks of knowledge
» Multi-Utility could facilitate coordination processes, but they cannot guarantee synergies and good management of linkages
• Prohibition of cross-subsidisation, principle of cost efficiency • Inter-sectoral competition and sectoral organisation
» Governance of the development of urban infrastructures changes from municipal administration to local politics
• Support for innovations: strategic development goals (climate goals)
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES
» Research about cross-sectoral linkages asks for a city-specific approach • Research about transformation concentrates on national level • Linkages are shaped by sociotechnical path-dependencies • Local contexts (political, demographic, climatic, socio-economic, financial)
» Municipal governance ask for a strategic and consistent management of shares • Traditional rationalities need to be extended to holistic management of shares in
urban infrastructures • Objectives of sustainability and demands of cross-sectoral linkages need to be
considered in daily practices (contracts, definition of tasks, application processes)
» Cross-sectoral coordination needs communication • The increasing level of fragmentation in urban infrastructures enhance
the demand for networking and communication • Change from hierarchical forms of coordination to horizontal communication