Manufacturing of products in urban production sites is connected to unique potentials, yet also to specific challenges. Urban factories can provide functional diversity and contribute positive impacts to a city. The concept of urban production receives rising attention in research and industry and it is recognized in its interdisciplinary nature. With a holistic approach from both the urban perspective and the factory perspective, negative impacts can be minimized, positive effects enabled and mutually beneficial, symbiotic combinations created. The presented framework and methods for the evaluation and implementation of sustainable urban production systems allow the assessment of impacts and provide the means to control and utilize the unique strengths of urban factories for cities and industry. This will allow a structured derivation of methods and measures from the concept of urban production for producing enterprises and the urban stakeholders.
Author(s): Max Juraschek
Series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 168
City: Cham
Preface
Summary
Contents
1 Introduction and Motivation
References
2 Urban Space, Production Systems and Sustainable Development
2.1 Urban Space
2.1.1 Cities and the Definition of Urban Space
2.1.2 Functional Perspective on Urban Space
2.1.3 Urban Stakeholders and Planning Processes
2.2 Production Systems
2.2.1 Location Decisions of Manufacturing Companies
2.2.2 Manufacturing Paradigms and Decentralized Manufacturing
2.3 Sustainable Development
2.3.1 Sustainable Urban Development
2.3.2 Sustainable Production Systems
2.4 Urban Production Systems
2.4.1 Selected Examples of Urban Factories
2.4.2 Research Questions for Sustainable Urban Production Systems
References
3 Existing Approaches for Urban Production Systems
3.1 Findings from the Structured Literature Search
3.1.1 Classification of the State of Research
3.1.2 Literature Addressing Specific Aspects of Urban Production
3.2 Evaluation of the State of Research on Urban Production Systems
3.2.1 Research Approach
3.2.2 Perspective
3.2.3 Spatial Scope
3.2.4 Improvement
3.2.5 Focus
3.3 Derivation of Research Demand
References
4 Integrated Concept for Analysis and Development of Sustainable Urban Production Systems
4.1 Design of an Integrated Concept Towards Sustainable Urban Production Systems
4.1.1 Requirements
4.1.2 Integrated Concept for Analysis and Development of Sustainable Urban Production Systems
4.1.3 System Boundary and Urban Resources
4.2 Urban Factory System Model
4.2.1 System Perspective on Factories and Urban Space
4.2.2 The City-Factory-Interface
4.2.3 Urban Factory Exchange Flow Model
4.3 Model Application Framework
4.3.1 Qualification and Quantification of Exchange Flows
4.3.2 Impact Assessment
4.3.3 Analysis Based on Exchange Flows
4.3.4 Decision Support
4.4 Methods for Implementation
4.4.1 The Planning Process of Urban Production Systems
4.4.2 Selected Methods for Implementation of Sustainable Urban Production Systems
References
5 Application of the Integrated Concept for Sustainable Urban Production Systems
5.1 Case Study: Urban Micro Brewery
5.1.1 Spatial Conditions and System Boundaries
5.1.2 Exchange Flows and Impact Assessment
5.1.3 Urban Integration and Urban Factory Services
5.1.4 Analysis
5.2 Case Study: Urban Production of Eyeglass Frames
5.2.1 Spatial Conditions and System Boundaries
5.2.2 Urban Product Life Cycle Assessment
5.2.3 Product Life Cycle Stage Assessment
5.2.4 Analysis
References
6 Summary, Current Challenges and Future Research Directions
6.1 Analysis and Development of Sustainable Urban Production Systems
6.2 Current Challenges
6.3 Future Research Directions
Illustration Credits
Annex
Glossary
