Urban Metabolism

Sybil Derrible; Lynette Cheah; Mohit Arora; Lih Wei Yeow

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Urban Metabolism

Sybil Derrible, Lynette Cheah, Mohit Arora and Lih Wei Yeow

Urban Informatics, pp.85-114

The Urban Book Series, Springer Nature Singapore

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8983-6_7

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Abstract

Urban metabolism (UM) is fundamentally an accounting framework whose goal is to quantify the inflows, outflows, and accumulation of resources (such as materials and energy) in a city. The main goal of this chapter is to offer an introduction to UM. First, a brief history of UM is provided. Three different methods to perform an UM are then introduced: the first method takes a bottom-up approach by collecting/estimating individual flows; the second method takes a top-down approach by using nation-wide input–output data; and the third method takes a hybrid approach. Subsequently, to illustrate the process of applying UM, a practical case study is offered using the city-state of Singapore as an exemplar. Finally, current and future opportunities and challenges of UM are discussed. Overall, by the early twenty-first century, the development and application of UM have been relatively slow, but this might change as more and better data sources become available and as the world strives to become more sustainable and resilient.

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Title: Urban Metabolism
Authors: Sybil Derrible (Corresponding Author) - University of Illinois Chicago
Lynette Cheah - Singapore University of Technology and Design
Mohit Arora - Singapore University of Technology and Design
Lih Wei Yeow - Singapore University of Technology and Design
Contributors: Wenzhong Shi (Editor) - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael F Goodchild (Editor) - University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Batty (Editor) - University College London
Mei-Po Kwan (Editor) - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Anshu Zhang (Editor) - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Publication details: Urban Informatics, pp.85-114
Series: The Urban Book Series
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8983-6_7; 10.1007/978-981-15-8983-6
ISSN: 2365-7588; 2365-7588; 2365-757X
ISBN: 9789811589836
Copyright note: © 2021 The Author(s). This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
Organisation Unit: School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991029280702621
Output Type: Book chapter

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