Tools for an integrated systems approach to sustainable port city planning

Authors

  • Gilles Morel Compiegne University of Technology
  • Fernando Rodrigues Lima UFRJ
  • Hipolito Martell-Flore Compiegne University of Technology
  • Francois Hisse Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées

Keywords:

Sustainable city, Port of the future, Collaborative platform, Decision support system

Abstract

Large port cities like Shanghai, Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro are key cogwheels in international logistics and transport networks but also serve as showcases for the rest of the world; as such, they constitute strategic assets for the host country´s economy and international influence. Historically, a city and its port often developed independently, through sometimes contradictory or even confrontational policies. Today, the growing number of usage disputes over increasingly coveted coastal areas is prompting local managers to incorporate urban and port-related issues in overarching planning programs. In particular, planning of the sea front and the buffer zone between the port and the city must contribute decisively to the deployment of more effective, cleaner transport services for the port city as a whole. In general, one of the key global challenges for planners and decision-makers consists in integrating sustainable development goals (environmental and social components, as well as the stimulation of industrial competitiveness) into urban planning. In this context the PHEBUS research group has initiated an international program of research to develop innovative methods and tools that can help territorial stakeholders to design, evaluate, compare and ultimately choose development scenarios for the future of their port cities. The main themes are addressed via a multidisciplinary systems approach on the scale of a coastal urban area with an industrial and port complex. In particular, the themes include sea front planning, the city-port interface, energy optimization (e.g. the introduction and sharing of renewable energies), risk resilience, climate change and multimodal, clean transport.

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Author Biographies

Gilles Morel, Compiegne University of Technology

Ph.D. in Knowledge Engineering – Risk management (UTC), professor at Compiegne University of Technology, member of
the PHEBUS research team, Compiègne - France

Fernando Rodrigues Lima, UFRJ

Ph.D. in Production Engineering (UFRJ), professor at Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil

Hipolito Martell-Flore, Compiegne University of Technology

Ph.D in Planning (University of Le Havre), professor at Compiegne University of Technology, member of the PHEBUS
research team, Compiègne - France

Francois Hisse, Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées

M.D. in Public Administration (Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées), research director assistant – Ingénieur en Chef
des Ponts et Chaussées - CETMEF/French Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, member of the
PHEBUS research team, Paris - France

Published

2017-10-27

How to Cite

Morel, G., Rodrigues Lima, F., Martell-Flore, H., & Hisse, F. (2017). Tools for an integrated systems approach to sustainable port city planning. Revista Brasileira De Gestão Urbana, 5(2), 39–49. Retrieved from https://periodicos.pucpr.br/Urbe/article/view/3796

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