Towards net-zero phosphorus cities
Abstract Cities are central to improving natural resource management globally. Instead of reinventing the wheel for each interlinked sustainability priority, we suggest synergising with, and learning from existing net-zero carbon initiatives to explicitly tackle another vital element: phosphorus. To...
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| author | Geneviève S. Metson Will J. Brownlie Bryan M. Spears |
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| description | Abstract Cities are central to improving natural resource management globally. Instead of reinventing the wheel for each interlinked sustainability priority, we suggest synergising with, and learning from existing net-zero carbon initiatives to explicitly tackle another vital element: phosphorus. To achieve net-zero phosphorus actors must work together to (1) minimise loss flows out of the city, (2) maximise recycling flows from the city to agricultural lands, and (3) minimise the need for phosphorus in food production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7d5da1fd5dc431389d7eb412693cbac2022-12-22T03:43:01ZengNature Portfolionpj Urban Sustainability2661-80012022-11-01211910.1038/s42949-022-00076-8Towards net-zero phosphorus citiesGeneviève S. Metson0Will J. Brownlie1Bryan M. Spears2Ecological and Environmental Modelling Division, IFM, Linköping UniversityThe University of EdinburghUK Centre for Ecology and HydrologyAbstract Cities are central to improving natural resource management globally. Instead of reinventing the wheel for each interlinked sustainability priority, we suggest synergising with, and learning from existing net-zero carbon initiatives to explicitly tackle another vital element: phosphorus. To achieve net-zero phosphorus actors must work together to (1) minimise loss flows out of the city, (2) maximise recycling flows from the city to agricultural lands, and (3) minimise the need for phosphorus in food production.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-022-00076-8 |
| spellingShingle | Geneviève S. Metson Will J. Brownlie Bryan M. Spears Towards net-zero phosphorus cities npj Urban Sustainability |
| title | Towards net-zero phosphorus cities |
| title_full | Towards net-zero phosphorus cities |
| title_fullStr | Towards net-zero phosphorus cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards net-zero phosphorus cities |
| title_short | Towards net-zero phosphorus cities |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-022-00076-8 |
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