Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subject
Urban areas are the primary habitat for a majority of the global population. The development of cities not only entails a fundamental change in human settlement patterns but also a dramatic transformation of the physical environment. Thus, urban areas and their development are at the centre of all d...
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| description | Urban areas are the primary habitat for a majority of the global population. The development of cities not only entails a fundamental change in human settlement patterns but also a dramatic transformation of the physical environment. Thus, urban areas and their development are at the centre of all discussions on sustainability and/or sustainable development. This review essay introduces the notion of Urban Metabolism (UM), a term that provides a conceptual framework to study how a city functions, and hence, a way to address the sustainability issue of a city. Due to the significance and scope of the subject, the notion of UM is interpreted and thus approached differently across diverse disciplines from both the natural and social science fields. In order to comprehend the commonalities and controversies between them, the present review also briefly introduces the historical roots of the term. This review reveals the increasing significance of a rich and rapidly evolving field of research on the metabolism of urban areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3af96ef2501a41fbb38f41ebe96b7de52023-09-02T17:17:45ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDocuments d'Anàlisi Geogràfica0212-15732014-45122014-10-0160355157110.5565/rev/dag.13495Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subjectMarta Dinarès0Departament de Geografia Grup d’investigació INTERFASE. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA) Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUrban areas are the primary habitat for a majority of the global population. The development of cities not only entails a fundamental change in human settlement patterns but also a dramatic transformation of the physical environment. Thus, urban areas and their development are at the centre of all discussions on sustainability and/or sustainable development. This review essay introduces the notion of Urban Metabolism (UM), a term that provides a conceptual framework to study how a city functions, and hence, a way to address the sustainability issue of a city. Due to the significance and scope of the subject, the notion of UM is interpreted and thus approached differently across diverse disciplines from both the natural and social science fields. In order to comprehend the commonalities and controversies between them, the present review also briefly introduces the historical roots of the term. This review reveals the increasing significance of a rich and rapidly evolving field of research on the metabolism of urban areas.https://dag.revista.uab.es/article/view/134metabolisme urbàciutatsostenibilitatdesenvolupament sosteniblemedi ambientdisciplines del coneixement |
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| title | Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subject |
| title_full | Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subject |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subject |
| title_short | Urban Metabolism: A review of recent literature on the subject |
| title_sort | urban metabolism a review of recent literature on the subject |
| topic | metabolisme urbà ciutat sostenibilitat desenvolupament sostenible medi ambient disciplines del coneixement |
| url | https://dag.revista.uab.es/article/view/134 |
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