Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments
The conventional approach to urban planning has predominantly focused on horizontal dimensions, disregarding the potential risks originating from outer space. This paper aims to initiate a discourse on the vertical dimension of cities, which is influenced by outer space, as an essential element of s...
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| author | Ulpia-Elena Botezatu Olga Bucovetchi Adrian V. Gheorghe Radu D. Stanciu |
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| description | The conventional approach to urban planning has predominantly focused on horizontal dimensions, disregarding the potential risks originating from outer space. This paper aims to initiate a discourse on the vertical dimension of cities, which is influenced by outer space, as an essential element of strategic urban planning. Through an examination of a highly disruptive incident in outer space involving a collision between the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites, this article elucidates the intricate interdependencies between urban areas and outer space infrastructure and services. Leveraging the principles of critical infrastructure protection, which bridge the urban and outer space domains, and employing simulation methods and software, this study articulates the intricate governance complexities of urban security and presents viable solutions for its enhancement. Consequently, the study contributes to the ongoing deliberations regarding the spatial integration of security practices by providing scholarly discourse on urban governance with potential strategies for cultivating sustainable smart cities. In essence, the intrinsic resilience of urban areas heavily relies on the interconnections between cities and outer space, necessitating urban strategists to acknowledge and comprehend these intricate interdependencies. To ensure sustainable urban development, it is imperative to fortify smart cities’ resilience against space debris through the implementation of more stringent regulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7afc67f86e5b4e3393d3ab12a69cb0942023-11-19T18:06:58ZengMDPI AGSmart Cities2624-65112023-09-01652499251810.3390/smartcities6050113Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart EnvironmentsUlpia-Elena Botezatu0Olga Bucovetchi1Adrian V. Gheorghe2Radu D. Stanciu3Romanian Space Agency, 010362 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Institute for Research & Development in Informatics—ICI Bucharest, 011555 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USAFaculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management, National University of Science and Technology “Politehnica” Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, RomaniaThe conventional approach to urban planning has predominantly focused on horizontal dimensions, disregarding the potential risks originating from outer space. This paper aims to initiate a discourse on the vertical dimension of cities, which is influenced by outer space, as an essential element of strategic urban planning. Through an examination of a highly disruptive incident in outer space involving a collision between the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites, this article elucidates the intricate interdependencies between urban areas and outer space infrastructure and services. Leveraging the principles of critical infrastructure protection, which bridge the urban and outer space domains, and employing simulation methods and software, this study articulates the intricate governance complexities of urban security and presents viable solutions for its enhancement. Consequently, the study contributes to the ongoing deliberations regarding the spatial integration of security practices by providing scholarly discourse on urban governance with potential strategies for cultivating sustainable smart cities. In essence, the intrinsic resilience of urban areas heavily relies on the interconnections between cities and outer space, necessitating urban strategists to acknowledge and comprehend these intricate interdependencies. To ensure sustainable urban development, it is imperative to fortify smart cities’ resilience against space debris through the implementation of more stringent regulations.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/6/5/113strategic urban planningsmart cityICT advancementscritical outer space infrastructuregovernance of securitycomplex systems |
| spellingShingle | Ulpia-Elena Botezatu Olga Bucovetchi Adrian V. Gheorghe Radu D. Stanciu Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments Smart Cities strategic urban planning smart city ICT advancements critical outer space infrastructure governance of security complex systems |
| title | Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments |
| title_full | Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments |
| title_fullStr | Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments |
| title_short | Strengthening Urban Resilience: Understanding the Interdependencies of Outer Space and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Smart Environments |
| title_sort | strengthening urban resilience understanding the interdependencies of outer space and strategic planning for sustainable smart environments |
| topic | strategic urban planning smart city ICT advancements critical outer space infrastructure governance of security complex systems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/6/5/113 |
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