A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas
Sustainable Development Goal 11 calls for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. Urban areas comprise interconnected infrastructure systems that deliver services that support all aspects of daily life. Despite their important contribution to modern life current infrastructure business mo...
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| author | Claire L. Walsh Stephanie Glendinning Richard J. Dawson Peter O'Brien Oliver Heidrich Christopher D. F. Rogers John R. Bryson Phil Purnell |
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| description | Sustainable Development Goal 11 calls for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. Urban areas comprise interconnected infrastructure systems that deliver services that support all aspects of daily life. Despite their important contribution to modern life current infrastructure business models typically under-estimate the long-term economic, social and environmental benefits of infrastructure. Therefore, new infrastructure business models are required that: (i) target urban areas or regions at a local scale where there is the greatest scope for innovation, (ii) target specific challenges or needs (i.e., where there is a clear driver for innovation), and (iii) tackle the issue of the flawed economic cost-benefit model for assessing the viability of infrastructure investments. This paper presents a framework that promotes multiple stakeholders to working together, and by focusing on outcomes to develop alternative infrastructure solutions and business models that deliver multiple values to multiple stakeholders. By explicitly mapping these values over time and space, the interdependencies between infrastructures are revealed, along with an expanded perception of the value being brought about by that infrastructure. Moreover, the broader consideration of value also increases the number of stakeholders beneficiaries, the value network, and subsequently identify how they can support the infrastructure intervention by formulating alternative funding and financing mechanisms. A series of case studies to achieve resilience, sustainability and regeneration outcomes are used to show how the framework can be utilized to unlock investment in infrastructure in situations where traditional approaches have failed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f1357b0969c40c8a504f56ca9839dd72022-12-22T02:22:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Cities2624-96342022-04-01410.3389/frsc.2022.825801825801A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban AreasClaire L. Walsh0Stephanie Glendinning1Richard J. Dawson2Peter O'Brien3Oliver Heidrich4Christopher D. F. Rogers5John R. Bryson6Phil Purnell7School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSchool of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United KingdomDepartment of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United KingdomSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United KingdomSustainable Development Goal 11 calls for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. Urban areas comprise interconnected infrastructure systems that deliver services that support all aspects of daily life. Despite their important contribution to modern life current infrastructure business models typically under-estimate the long-term economic, social and environmental benefits of infrastructure. Therefore, new infrastructure business models are required that: (i) target urban areas or regions at a local scale where there is the greatest scope for innovation, (ii) target specific challenges or needs (i.e., where there is a clear driver for innovation), and (iii) tackle the issue of the flawed economic cost-benefit model for assessing the viability of infrastructure investments. This paper presents a framework that promotes multiple stakeholders to working together, and by focusing on outcomes to develop alternative infrastructure solutions and business models that deliver multiple values to multiple stakeholders. By explicitly mapping these values over time and space, the interdependencies between infrastructures are revealed, along with an expanded perception of the value being brought about by that infrastructure. Moreover, the broader consideration of value also increases the number of stakeholders beneficiaries, the value network, and subsequently identify how they can support the infrastructure intervention by formulating alternative funding and financing mechanisms. A series of case studies to achieve resilience, sustainability and regeneration outcomes are used to show how the framework can be utilized to unlock investment in infrastructure in situations where traditional approaches have failed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.825801/fullinfrastructurebusiness modelsvaluessystemssustainabilityresilience |
| spellingShingle | Claire L. Walsh Stephanie Glendinning Richard J. Dawson Peter O'Brien Oliver Heidrich Christopher D. F. Rogers John R. Bryson Phil Purnell A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas Frontiers in Sustainable Cities infrastructure business models values systems sustainability resilience |
| title | A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas |
| title_full | A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas |
| title_fullStr | A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas |
| title_short | A Systems Framework for Infrastructure Business Models for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Areas |
| title_sort | systems framework for infrastructure business models for resilient and sustainable urban areas |
| topic | infrastructure business models values systems sustainability resilience |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.825801/full |
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