Urban metabolism and sustainability: Precedents, genesis and research perspectives

JDC Restrepo, T Morales-Pinzón - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban metabolism represents an area of study that is considered promising in
interdisciplinary research of cities and sustainability. The term urban metabolism is a …

Planning low carbon urban-rural ecosystems: An integrated transport land-use model

S Penazzi, R Accorsi, R Manzini - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
As urbanization gradually modifies natural ecosystems and affects environmental
sustainability, urban spatial planning can be used as a tool to address to Urban Metabolism …

Verso una pianificazione antifragile: Come pensare al futuro senza prevederlo

I Blecic, A Cecchini - 2016 - torrossa.com
Certe cose traggono beneficio dagli scossoni; prosperano e crescono quando sono esposte
alla volatilità, al caso, al disordine e ai fattori di stress, e amano l'avventura il rischio e …

Toward sustainable urban metabolisms. From system understanding to system transformation

B John, C Luederitz, DJ Lang, H von Wehrden - Ecological economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Within the next two decades, large areas will be converted into urban environments, a
process that will include enormous transformations in economic activity, environmental …

Development of a spatially explicit network model of urban metabolism and analysis of the distribution of ecological relationships: case study of Beijing, China

Y Zhang, L Xia, BD Fath, Z Yang, X Yin, M Su… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we develop a spatially explicit model of carbon transfers between regions of an
urban area. The carbon transfers represent the metabolic processes due to regional land …

Climate change will constrain the rapid urban expansion in drylands: A scenario analysis with the zoned Land Use Scenario Dynamics-urban model

Z Liu, Y Yang, C He, M Tu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of climate change impacts (CCIs) on urban expansion is important to
improving the urban sustainability in drylands. Taking the agro-pastoral transitional zone of …

[HTML][HTML] Space-time information analysis for resource-conscious urban planning and design: A stakeholder based identification of urban metabolism data gaps

IM Voskamp, M Spiller, S Stremke, AK Bregt… - Resources …, 2018 - Elsevier
The research presented here examined at which spatial and temporal resolution urban
metabolism should be analysed to generate results that are useful for implementation of …

How much past to see the future: a computational study in calibrating urban cellular automata

I Blecic, A Cecchini, GA Trunfio - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this computational study was to investigate to which extent the availability
and the way of use of historical maps may affect the quality of the calibration process of …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluated crop evapotranspiration over a region of irrigated orchards with the improved ACASA–WRF model

M Falk, RD Pyles, SL Ustin, L Xu… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Among the uncertain consequences of climate change on agriculture are changes in timing
and quantity of precipitation together with predicted higher temperatures and changes in …

Analysis of urban carbon metabolic processes and a description of sectoral characteristics: A case study of Beijing

Y Zhang, J Li, BD Fath, H Zheng, L Xia - Ecological Modelling, 2015 - Elsevier
Global climate change has aroused widespread interest in reducing carbon emissions and
increasing carbon sequestration. Thus, an urban carbon inventory must consider both …