Essays about: "urban metabolism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words urban metabolism.
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1. Chunk Metabolism : Exploring how to plan for reuse of structural elements
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : With a major share of the negative environmental impacts deriving from construction and its waste, ways to reduce the material and energy use in this sector have been the focus of studies for decades. Reuse of building elements and materials is gaining traction with researchers, architects, developers and real estate owners. READ MORE
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2. Coupling of Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment to Analyze the Urban Metabolism of a Swedish City
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Cities are responsible for an increasingly large share of environmental impacts linked to their resource consumption and production of waste. Understanding how the flows of materials and energy in urban systems contribute to environmental impacts is fundamental for urban sustainability. READ MORE
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3. Assessment of Urban Metabolism of Stockholm Royal Seaport : Through the Enhanced Economy Wide Material Flow Accounting Framework
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Material flows in Urban Metabolism play a key role for the purpose of building urban areas and growing the economy. There is lack of standard method for accounting of material flows within and across the boundaries of urban systems. READ MORE
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4. Developing an Urban Circular Economy Framework Based on Urban Metabolism
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : There is an urgent need to transition to more sustainable cities and to do so we must identify in what ways and where cities are unsustainable. Urban metabolism offers a way to provide insight into how to move from linear to more sustainable, circular flows of energy and material in the urban area. READ MORE
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5. Nature has no waste : how do European landscape architecture studios approach urban sustainability through resource management?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : In the context of the global environmental crisis, urgent steps need to be taken towards sustainable development. Within the profession of landscape architecture, efficient and far-sighted resource management plays an important role. READ MORE