Essays about: "Urban Metabolism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Urban Metabolism.

  1. 1. Chunk Metabolism : Exploring how to plan for reuse of structural elements

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Isabella Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Architectural elements; urban metabolism; demolition; deconstruction; design process; structural elements; concrete; steel; circular construction; circular economy; material harvesting; urban mining; Arkitektoniska element; urban metabolism; rivning; dekonstruktion; designprocess; tunga stomelement; betong; stål; cirkulärt byggande; cirkulär ekonomi; material harvesting; urban mining;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 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 teknik

    Author : Maria Lívia Real de Almeida; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban Metabolism; Material and Energy Flow Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment; Environmental impact; Sustainable cities;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 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 teknik

    Author : Sina Abrishami; [2020]
    Keywords : Urban Metabolism; Economic Wide Material Flow Analysis; Material Flow Analysis; Stockholm Royal Seaport; Circular Economy; Bottom-up data; Top-down data;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Developing an Urban Circular Economy Framework Based on Urban Metabolism

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Saga Stugholm; [2020]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Urban Metabolism; Circular Economy Framework; Sustainable Cities; Cirkulär ekonomi; Urban metabolism; Ramverk för urban metabolism; Hållbara städer;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 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)

    Author : Anne Maren Heinkelmann; [2020]
    Keywords : landscape architecture; sustainable development; sustainable resource management; urban management; resource efficiency; circular economy; ; circular economy; nature-culture-dualism; urban metabolism;

    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