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This chapter discussed challenges and the dynamics of changing requirements
forces decision makers to consider new solutions and locate themselves off the
beaten paths of planning. Proven routines leave their meaning and have to be
questioned. For this purpose, approaches such as process-based modelling in the
framework of scenario discussions provide a good solution in which decision
makers are actively integrated into the modelling process and can potentially
influence it. From methodological perspective, this can be achieved by combining
the discussed management approaches of LCC and LCA with participative scenario
approaches (Carlsson-Kanyama et al.
2008
; Vergragt and Quist
2011
).
Settlement and infrastructure planning are still characterized by separate con-
siderations of the various different sectors involved. The water sector is usually
managed without taking into account the energy or waste sector though there are
huge potentials for combining the according material and energy flows. Such a
“
silo
thinking
ed in the third European Report on Development (EU
2012
)is
opposed to integrated (nexus) approaches that could potentially utilize the scarce
resources more ef
”
as identi
ciently. One of the postulations in the report is that optimization
is preferable compared to maximization in order to meet the Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDG) that are yet to be de
ned and determined precisely. In order to
evaluate the achievements concerning the SDG, reliable and practice-oriented
methods are necessary. Life cycle management with its various tools such as LCA
and LCC provide holistic perspectives that can support the shift towards a more
integrated thinking in settlement and infrastructure planning particularly against the
background of SDG.
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