TY - JOUR
T1 - Can we have our cake and still eat it?
T2 - A review of flexibility in the structural spatial development and passenger transport relation in developing countries
AU - Pennings, Rogier
AU - Wiegmans, Bart
AU - Spit, Tejo
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - With growing urban populations, higher mobility needs, limited available space for transport infrastructure, and the increasing need for more attractive urban areas, these urban areas are faced with a complex dilemma, which gets more challenging by the day. This paper examines the role of flexibility in the relationship between structural spatial development and passenger transport, its economic, environmental, and social perspectives, the long-term impacts of this relationship and the role of this relationship in developing countries. The paper identifies the need for a better understanding of long-term flexibility in development options in order to make better future-proof decisions as a key research avenue, and sets a pathway to achieve this. Main research gaps as identified in the paper include the lack of understanding on the potential for flexibility in optimizing the structural spatial development and passenger transport relationship, the valuation of flexibility, and the application of flexibility approaches in developing countries. This paper emphasizes the importance of acting sooner rather than later, since the future costs of sub-optimal development are rising by the day and the bill is being pushed towards future generations.
AB - With growing urban populations, higher mobility needs, limited available space for transport infrastructure, and the increasing need for more attractive urban areas, these urban areas are faced with a complex dilemma, which gets more challenging by the day. This paper examines the role of flexibility in the relationship between structural spatial development and passenger transport, its economic, environmental, and social perspectives, the long-term impacts of this relationship and the role of this relationship in developing countries. The paper identifies the need for a better understanding of long-term flexibility in development options in order to make better future-proof decisions as a key research avenue, and sets a pathway to achieve this. Main research gaps as identified in the paper include the lack of understanding on the potential for flexibility in optimizing the structural spatial development and passenger transport relationship, the valuation of flexibility, and the application of flexibility approaches in developing countries. This paper emphasizes the importance of acting sooner rather than later, since the future costs of sub-optimal development are rising by the day and the bill is being pushed towards future generations.
KW - Developing countries
KW - Flexibility
KW - Metropolitan areas
KW - Passenger transport
KW - Structural spatial development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089395965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su12156091
DO - 10.3390/su12156091
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089395965
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 25
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 15
M1 - 6091
ER -