Evaluating Sustainable Urban Development Using Urban Metabolism Indicators in Urban Design

• Autorzy: Yan Song , Jorge Gil , Alexander Wandl , Arjan Van Timmeren
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Urban metabolism is a multi-disciplinary approach to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate resource flows in urban systems, which aims to provide important insights into the dynamics of cities to make them more ecologically responsible. It has been also introduced into the urban design domain, however most of the attempts concern only tracking of energy and/or material flows to reduce environmental impacts by redesigning closed loops in a specific area. The hypothesis of this paper is that the concept of urban metabolism, and its indicators, could play an important role in advancing the science and practice related to sustainability in urban design and development. At the moment, however we lack indicators to support evaluation of urban design related decisions from the perspective of urban metabolism. The aim of this paper is to explore the application of urban metabolism indicators in urban design based on their characteristics. It reviews development periods of the concept and analytical models of urban metabolism, in order to identify crucial urban metabolism indicators for urban design. Next, these urban metabolism indicators are classified regarding type of analytical model, accounting method, indicator type, and indicator level. Finally, several suggestions are offered on how to integrate urban metabolism indicators into urban design. In addition, directions for future research on the topic are discussed. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

City development; Sustainable development; Urban studies; Town spatial planning; City

PL

Rozwój miasta; Rozwój zrównoważony; Urbanistyka; Planowanie przestrzenne miasta; Miasto

• Czasopismo: Europa XXI
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 34 Exploring the Flows - Social, Economic and Environmental Interactions
• Strony: 5--22

Twórcy

autor

Yan Song

• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

autor

Jorge Gil

• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

autor

Alexander Wandl

• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

autor

Arjan Van Timmeren

• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Bibliografia

• Agudelo-Vera C.M., Mels A., Keesman K., Rijnaarts H., 2012. The Urban Harvest Approach as an Aid for Sustainable Urban Resource Planning. Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 839-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00561.x
• Akiyama T., 1989. Urban Metabolism and Sustainability. http://www.kicc.jp/auick/database/apc/apc017/apc01701.html

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.34.1