Sökning: "metabolism of cities"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden metabolism of cities.
1. Smart Urban Metabolism : Toward a New Understanding of Causalities in Cities
Sammanfattning : For half a century, urban metabolism has been used to provide insights to support transitions to sustainable urban development (SUD). Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) has recently been recognized as a potential technology enabler to advance this transition. LÄS MER
2. Imagining the Organic City : Modern Tropes of Organization
Sammanfattning : The thesis examines three ’organic tropes’ of modern architecture and urban design, addressing different crucial moments of change within modernist discourse. Attention is focused on the institutionalization of ‘town planning’ at the turn of the last century; the shift during the post-war years; and the beginning of urban debate in Japan during the early 1960s. LÄS MER
3. Energy analysis for sustainable mega-cities
Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT Cities throughout Asia have experienced unprecedented economic development over the past decades. In many cases this has contributed to their rapid and uncontrolled growth, which has resulted in a multiplicity of problems, including rapid population increase, enhanced environmental pollution, collapsing traffic systems, dysfunctional waste management, and rapid increases in the consumption of energy, water and other resources. LÄS MER
4. Evaluation of Sustainable Urban District Developments : The case of Stockholm Royal Seaport
Sammanfattning : Urban sustainable development is now seen as one of the keys in the quest for a sustainable world and increased interest in developing sustainable urban districts has become an important feature of urban sustainability. However, if cities and their districts are to be part of this transition, it will be necessary to determine the state and progress of urban developments. LÄS MER
5. Region-Specific Consumption-Based Environmental Impact: Hotspot Identification Using Hybrid MFA-LCA
Sammanfattning : The environmental impacts caused by rising consumption are pressing problems for society today. Decision makers are tasked with setting and meeting environmental targets to ensure that future generations have access to the same quality of resources (like clean water and air) that we have today. LÄS MER