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2022
Journal Article
Title

The infrastructure transition canvas: A tool for strategic urban infrastructure planning

Abstract
Increasing pressures resulting from global environmental and societal changes urge cities to adapt their infrastructures. Strategic planning in local governments and utilities has to anticipate these challenges and translate them into innovation and investment strategies. In this setting, a multitude of actors, their interests, and value orientations have to be considered in decision-making. Else, innovation projects are likely to meet resistance and fail. We outline how business model thinking can help navigate the roles and interests of a variety of stakeholders in nature-based infrastructure implementation. This leads to proposing the tool of 'Infrastructure Transition Canvas' (ITC), which draws on insights from business model innovation, and its recent uptake by transition scholars. Potential benefits of applying the ITC are illustrated by the case of urban stormwater management in Germany. We discuss how the ITC may support complex investment decisions, and pave the way to sustainable urban infrastructure transitions.
Author(s)
Hohmann, Claudia  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Truffer, Bernhard
Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences  
Journal
Nature-based solutions  
Open Access
DOI
10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100039
10.24406/publica-434
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Infrastructure_transition_canvas_tool_strategic_urban_infrastructure_planning.pdf (1.83 MB)
Rights
CC BY 4.0: Creative Commons Attribution
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Keyword(s)
  • Infrastructure transition canvas

  • Nature-based solutions

  • Urban water management

  • Strategic planning

  • Climate change adaptation

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