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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"urban metabolism"”.
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The blue city: Urban metabolism and the energy-water nexus
Urban environments sit at an intersection of technology, resource consumption, population, culture, and economics. With an increasingly urbanized population across the globe comes an increased demand for resources including water, food, and energy. The study of resource consumption in cities and …
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Augmenting data for Urban Metabolism of cities Tool using Machine learning and Satellite Image Analysis of city
… concentrated.We increase data available for the Urban metabolism tool database in resources correlated to satellite data. We show how data can be collected and may be integrated.
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Use of composite environmental indicators in residential construction
… New Orleans. The model attempts to capture the urban metabolism of the city by tracking the material and energy flows required of various possible reconstruction scenarios. The model is meant to act as a tool for policy makers to identify the most effective construction methods for a green city. …
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An Evaluative and Recommendatory tool for Policy Makers to make Sustainable Urban Development Decisions
… the policy makers not considering the aspects of urban metabolism that should influence these decisions, a lack of access to the relevant data and a lack of insightful aids to relevant data for both of these parties. This tool is intended to provide public access to both publicly available data …
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Generative Urbanism toward Thermal Synergy: Sustainable urban design for district heating and cooling
Thermal performance has a long legacy in urban morphology, where the climate is interpreted explicitly in the forms of settlements. Mediating the temperature has taken a large portion in the energy sector since modern times. Besides the passive techniques, a closer observation of the space …
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La Citè (post) Industrielle. Efficienza energetica urbana
… from a single residential unit to the whole urban system. In fact, results attainable with energy saving policies applied on individual buildings tend to level off, requiring necessarily works on an ‘upper’ scale (urban or land scale) in relation to the city size and shape. In a time when …
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Energy Sensitive Urban Water Planning in Developing Countries: Unlocking the Potential of Distributed Recycled Water Systems to Reduce the Overall Energy Intensity for Urban Water Services
… to reduce the overall energy intensity of urban water and wastewater systems in a developing country context. The literature review revealed that the energy intensity of treatment plants decreases with the increase in capacity. It was found that in most cases, the existing recycled water …
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Urban-scale material flow analysis in a South African context: a Cape Town feasibility study
Urban-scale Material Flow Analyses (MFAs) in the global south provide unique challenges compared to national MFAs and to urban MFAs in the north. In order to determine the feasibility of undertaking an urban-scale MFA in the global south, this dissertation sets out to undertake an MFA on Cape Town, …
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URBAN REGENERATIVE DESIGN A PROTOTYPE DESIGN DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES OF THE FUTURE
… a benchmark for achieving a self-sufficient urban sustainable design solution albeit with the understanding that such a benchmark may never be attained by urban designers fully. The past decade has seen a motivation to develop, apply and assess sustainable solutions through a comprehensive …
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The resource demands and water stress of cities: A study of the U.S. urban food-energy-water nexus
Urbanization and population growth increase demands for commodities such as food, energy, and water in cities. Energy and food production depend on water resources, and piped treated water and wastewater systems depend on energy resources, representing aspects of the food-energy-water nexus. …