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Smart & Sustainable Cities and Transport SEMINAR Proceedings 12 – 14 July 2017 CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria Proceedings Smart & Sustainable Cities and Transport Seminar 12 – 14 July 2017 CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa Editors Dr DCU Conradie CSIR, South Africa Prof C du Plessis, University of Pretoria, South Africa Prof AAJF van den Dobbelsteen, TUDelft, The Netherlands Date published: July 017 2 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria EDITORS Dr DCU Conradie CSIR, South Africa Prof C du Plessis, University of Pretoria, South Africa Prof AAJF van den Dobbelsteen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ISBN-10: 0-7988-5636-X ISBN-13: 978-0-7988-5636-2 Date published: July 2017 PEER REVIEW PROCESS A full double peer-review process was followed for the conference. This included a double peer review process for all abstracts. A double peer review of all full papers was also undertaken. All papers were reviewed by reviewers from outside their institution. Reviews were undertaken by Delft University of Technology, University of Pretoria and CSIR. The organizing committee communicated the results of these reviews to paper authors. Full papers also received final editing and quality checks before being included in the proceedings. Of the initial 19 abstracts received, 11 full papers were accepted for publication in this proceedings. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Smart Sustainable Cities and Transport Seminar is the result of recent formal cooperation agreements between Delft University of Technology, the University of Pretoria and CSIR. The target audience of the conference is built environment researchers and professionals, as well as government, business and non- government organisations that have an interest in smart and sustainable built environments. The main purpose of this seminar is to present original research findings and research in progress to further boost the collaboration between South African and Dutch parties working on similar themes of sustainable (re)development of cities. In particular, the aim of this seminar is to help the cities of Tshwane and Amsterdam and their respective knowledge institutes, to collaborate and learn from each other in their endeavours to become smart, resilient and sustainable. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof AAJF Van den Dobbelsteen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Prof C du Plessis, University of Pretoria, South Africa Dr DCU Conradie, CSIR, South Africa Ms F Hoogenboezem, Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands 3 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria PREFACE We are living in a rapidly changing world. The effects of climate change and the weakening of critical ecosystem services are beginning to impact on every aspect of our lives; big data, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are creating both new opportunities for more effective management of cities, as well as new challenges and threats; and a range of new economic and governance models are emerging that make use of distributed networks for effective stakeholder engagement. All of these changes come together in our cities, which themselves are rapidly changing in form, nature and extent. Given this situation, it is not only valuable to understand these changes and their impact on the physical and cultural heritage of our cities and the standard practices of producing our built environment. It is equally, if not more, important that high impact, positive change also occurs. Positive change must be informed by rigorous and targeted collaborative research that can be readily and rapidly applied to counter climate change and develop more sustainable built environments. The papers at this seminar characterise this positive approach from different spheres of interest and perspectives. The papers cover a wide range of subjects reflecting the various research interests and pressing topics of the day. We welcome you to this seminar and look forward to sharing, discussing and developing ideas, tools and plans needed for smarter and more resilient and regenerative urban environments. Dr DCU Conradie Prof. C du Plessis Prof. AAJF van den Dobbelsteen 4 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria 5 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria TABLE OF CONTENTS1 [SSC01] Pre-design considerations for urban climate change adaption and mitigation strategies .................. 8 Jeremy GIBBERD [SSC02] Key principles for adapting south african settlement patterns to climate change ............................. 17 Llewellyn VAN WYK [SSC03] Participant Action Research: Developing a framework for inner city regeneration through the arts and creative Cultures ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Gert VAN DER MERWE [SSC04] Cultural and heritage sensitive adaptation measures and principles in climate change adaptation plans for South African metropolitan cities ...................................................................................................... 32 Llewellyn VAN WYK [SSC05] Bioclimatic techniques to quantify mitigation measures for climate change with specific reference to Pretoria ............................................................................................................................................................ 40 Dirk CONRADIE [SSC06] Big data: The role it can play in urban resilience and planning if utilised ......................................... 50 Hendrik LABUSCHAGNE [SSC07] Bilateral collaboration in built heritage material research and resource maintenance supportive to Smart and Sustainable Cities .......................................................................................................................... 59 Wido QUIST Nicholas CLARKE Rob VAN HEES [SSC08] The future of architecure, an architecural microbial paradigm ......................................................... 69 Jako NICE [SSC09] Cultural resilience and the smart sustainable city – exploring changing concepts of built heritage and urban redevelopment ................................................................................................................................ 78 Nicholas CLARKE Marieke KUIPERS Job ROOS [SSC10] Urban densification - Smart and sustainable or catastrophic and calamity? ................................... 88 Lodie VENTER [SSC1] Quantifying urban energy potentials: presenting three European research projects ......................... 95 Michiel FREMOUW [SSC12] Embedding a culture of participation towards collaborative urban citizenship ............................... 104 Carin COMBRINCK [SSC13] Smart design in the complex city, critical engagements with context and history .......................... 105 Johan SWART [SSC14] A process framework to improve the urban climate resilience of cities through the collective retrofitting of their interstitial spaces .............................................................................................................. 106 Jan HUGO Chrisna DU PLESSIS [SSC15] Overcoming data challenges for waste management in developing cities ..................................... 107 Elias WILLEMSE List of Participants…………………………………………………………………………………………………....108 1 The Reference Number is a unique paper reference that is used throughout the seminar to identify the paper. Papers are sorted according to this number in the proceedings. 6 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria PEER REVIEWED PAPERS 7 Smart Sustainable Cities & Transport Seminar, 12-14 July 2017, CSIR, Pretoria [SSC01] PRE-DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES Jeremy GIBBERD 1 1 Built Environment, CSIR, Email: [email protected] Keywords: Climate change, urban resilience, adaptation and mitigation strategies Abstract Pre-design considerations and assumptions are made prior to embarking on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for urban areas. Responsive and effective strategies should be informed by an understanding of potential climate change hazards and existing vulnerabilities. It is also important that limitations and resources that may influence the design and implementation of climate change strategies are acknowledged and addressed. The Urban Resilience Urban Resilience Assessment Framework (URAF) has been developed to identify and structure these pre-design considerations to inform the development of urban climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. This paper describes the development of the URAF. It also critically reviews framework as a methodology for supporting the development of climate change strategies. The review indicates
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