Urban metabolism research can quantify the movements and transformations of matter and
energy in cities, and can provide insights for alleviating urban resource and environmental …

During the 50 years since the concept of urban metabolism was proposed, this field of
research has evolved slowly. On the basis of an analogy with an organism's metabolism, the …

Urban resources environment carrying capacity (URECC) is considered as a significant
yardstick for guiding the practice towards sustainable urban development. It helps measure …

This novel study explores the driving forces and dynamics of rapid urbanization, highlighting
the main causes and effects of urban explosion, environmental disruption, and city pattern …

The concept of urban metabolism has often been used to model and analyze urban regions
to provide insights on their environmental sustainability. However, no consensus exists on …

Urban metabolism considers a city as a system with flows of energy and material between it
and the environment. Recent advances in bio-physical sciences provide methods and …

The conception of urban metabolism has considered the perspective of environmental
sustainability in the framework of cities. In this context, cities can be regarded complex …

Considering the increasing risk of various events to the environment, environmental
sustainability has taken much more attention both by the academics and practitioners than …

Some efforts to assess sustainability on the urban scale have been made and different tools
for measuring the impact on and caused by cities have emerged. However, the sustainability …

Urban metabolism concerns the evaluation of how much urban ecosystems produce and
consume resources. Such an assessment is now a critical perspective in understanding the …