Developing and Understanding Design Interventions in Relation to Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics
Authored by Kasper P H Lange, Gijsbert Korevaar, Inge F Oskam, Paulien M Herder
Date Published: 2017
DOI: 10.3390/su9050826
Sponsors:
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS)
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Abstract
Symbiotic Urban Agriculture Networks (SUANs) are a specific class of
symbiotic networks that intend to close material and energy loops from
cities and urban agriculture. Private and public stakeholders in SUANs
face difficulties in the implementation of technological and
organisational design interventions due to the complex nature of the
agricultural and urban environment. Current research on the dynamics of
symbiotic networks, especially Industrial Symbiosis (IS), is based on
historical data from practice, and provides only partly for an
understanding of symbiotic networks as a sociotechnical complex adaptive
system. By adding theory and methodology from Design Science,
participatory methods, and by using agent-based modelling as a tool,
prescriptive knowledge is developed in the form of grounded and tested
design rules for SUANs. In this paper, we propose a conceptual Design
Science method with the aim to develop an empirically validated
participatory agent-based modelling strategy that guides sociotechnical
design interventions in SUANs. In addition, we present a research agenda
for further strategy, design intervention, and model development through
case studies regarding SUANs. The research agenda complements the
existing analytical work by adding a necessary Design Science approach,
which contributes to bridging the gap between IS dynamics theory and
practical complex design issues.
Tags
Simulation
Management
Network Evolution
ecology
systems
resource
Methodology
perspective
Industrial symbiosis dynamics
Participatory agent-based modelling
Symbiotic urban agriculture networks
Design research