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Table 3 Generic visions - elements for spatial categories

From: Spatial dimensions of sustainable energy systems: new visions for integrated spatial and energy planning

Urban centre

Suburban area

Small town/rural centre

Rural area

Basic function

Goal

Basic function

Goal

Basic function

Goal

Basic function

Goal

Living space for majority of people

Highest quality of living

Spatial reserve for urban centre

Highest logistic efficiency for people and goods

Attractive living space for de-centralised industrial society

High quality of living

Sufficient population density for primary production and sustenance

Basic provision of:

 

Sufficient leisure time opportunities

   

Excellent leisure time opportunities

 

   Goods (daily consumption)

 

High environmental quality

 

High environmental quality

 

Highest environmental quality

 

   Education (primary level)

       

   Social services

       

   Cultural services

 

Comprehensive provision of:

 

Basic provision of:

 

Advanced provision of:

Recreational space

Highest environmental quality

 

   Goods

 

   Goods (daily consumption)

 

   Goods

  
 

   Education (up to tertiary level)

 

   Education (primary level)

 

   Education (up to secondary level)

  
 

   Social services (health/care)

 

   Social services

 

   Social services (health/care)l

 

   Sufficient touristic infrastructure

 

   Cultural services

 

   Cultural services

 

   Cultural services

  
 

Research

   

Research

  

Main energy/resource consumer

Highest efficiency of use

 

Highest utilisation efficiency

Resource conversion

Lowest pressure in resource conversion/utilisation

Sustainable resource provision

Highest efficiency in space utilisation

 

Lowest pressure in energy provision/utilisation

 

Lowest pressure in energy provision/utilisation

   

Max. long-term yield per area

 

Lowest resource consumption

 

Lowest resource consumption

 

Highest conversion efficiency

 

Stable eco systems

Provider of complex (industrial) goods and services

Highest resource conversion efficiency

Space reserve for provision of complex goods

Highest resource conversion efficiency

 

Linking the distribution grids

 

Highest logistical efficiency for renewable resources and by-products of conversion processes

 

Strong societal interaction

Provision of fresh goods for urban centre

Highest efficiency in space utilisation

    
 

International interconnectedness

 

Maximum long-term yield per area

   

No resource import