Scenario-based mission statements: Promoting sustainable urban development in the context of the energy transition

Raphael Dietz; Dan Teodorovici; Sigrid Busch; Markus Blesl; Michael Ruddat; Yvonne Zahumensky

doi:10.14512/tatup.30.1.29

Authors

Raphael Dietz Department of International Urbanism, Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) raphael.dietz@si.uni-stuttgart.de
Dan Teodorovici Department of International Urbanism, Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) dan.teodorovici@si.uni-stuttgart.de
Sigrid Busch Department of International Urbanism, Institute of Urban Planning and Design, University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) sigrid.busch@si.uni-stuttgart.de
Markus Blesl Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use, University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) markus.blesl@ier.uni-stuttgart.de
Michael Ruddat Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS), University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) michael.ruddat@zirius.uni-stuttgart.de
Yvonne Zahumensky Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS), University of Stuttgart (Deutschland) yvonne.zahumensky@zirius.uni-stuttgart.de

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.30.1.29

Keywords:

energy transition, mission statement, scenario, urban inertial forces, integrated urban development

Abstract

Using a planning process for the Stuttgart Neckar Valley as a case study, this paper analyzes the urban inertial forces that counteract the transformation of energy infrastructure areas in the context of the energy transition. In order to overcome these forces, a scenario-based mission statement was developed in which spatial scenarios were derived from energy scenarios and finally summarized in a concept plan for the Neckar Valley. The mission statement was developed following an analytical-deliberative and transdisciplinary approach. The approach to mission statement development presented here can respond flexibly to changing framework conditions and thus serve as a model for other cities with large-scale energy infrastructures in transition.