A decision-support system for sustainable urban metabolism in Europe

González, Ainhoa; Donnelly, Alison; Jones, Mike; Chrysoulakis, Nektarios; Lopes, Myriam

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2012.06.007

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“…Through this method, we can figure out the differences between the urban metabolic characteristics and development problems, thus providing adequate data, which could offer useful reference for future planning of cities, for planners, engineers, and end users [43]. However, due to the limitations of time and data access, we only conducted a comparison analysis between two cities, thus, in the future, more research samples should be incorporated, and more diverse resource-dependent cities should be included, by conducting comparison analyses to fill in the academic gap.…”

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Comparative Analysis for the Urban Metabolic Differences of Two Types of Cities in the Resource-Dependent Region Based on Emergy Theory

Liu

Shi

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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Urban metabolism analysis has become a useful and effective tool to explore urban socio-economic processes. In this research, in order to explore the similarities and differences of metabolic characteristics and variation rules of different types of resource-dependent cities, we selected two cities-Taiyuan and Jincheng, the capital and a traditional resource-dependent city of Shanxi province, respectively, as research subjects, we also established an urban metabolic evaluation framework by employing a set of eight emergy-based indicators from socio-economic data from 2007 to 2014, and compared the similarities and discrepancies from the perspectives of metabolic structure, intensity, pressure, and efficiency, and put forward some suggestions for pursuing sustainable development for both cities and pointed out that more types of resource-dependent cities should be incorporated in future research work.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Analysis for the Urban Metabolic Differences of Two Types of Cities in the Resource-Dependent Region Based on Emergy Theory

Liu

Shi

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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“…As asserted by González et al (2013), "successful decision support tools provide information in a concise relevant format in order to inform decision-making processes". To fulfil this objective, a sequenced, understandable and easy-to-use methodology should be used to evaluate different strategies during natural risk management.…”

Section: Sustainability Performance Assessmentmentioning

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A decision-support methodology for assessing the sustainability of natural risk management strategies in urban areas

Edjossan-Sossou

Deck

Heib

et al. 2014

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. This paper attempts to provide a decision support framework that can help risk managers in urban areas to improve their decision-making processes related to sustainable management. Currently, risk management strategies should no longer be selected based primarily on economic and technical insight. Managers must address the sustainability of risk management by assessing the impacts of their decisions on the sustainable development of a given territory. These assessments require tools that allow ex ante comparisons of the effectiveness and the likely economic, social and ecological impacts of the alternative management strategies. Therefore, this paper reports a methodological and operational framework, which aims to incorporate sustainability principles in a particular decision by taking all the dimensions that affect sustainability into account. This paper is divided into two main parts: one on the theoretical aspects of the proposed methodology and the other on its application to a flood risks management case in a municipality located in Meurthe-etMoselle county (France). The results of the case study have shown how the methodology can be suitable for determining the most sustainable decision.

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“…(e.g. biodiversity conservation [54]; agricultural potential [55], urban development [56] and spatial planning [57]). …”

Section: Spatial Decision Support Systems For Planning and Integratedmentioning

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Territorial Planning for Coastal Zones in Chile: The Need for Geographical-Environmental and Natural Risk Indicators for Spatial Decision Support Systems

Peña‒Cortés¹,

Rozas-Vásquez²,

Rebolledo³

et al. 2013

IJG

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Coastal zones are very dynamic and fragile environments, constituting a landscape ever more heterogeneous, fragmented and with increasing levels of complexity due to the changing relationship between man and nature. Integrated coastal zone management therefore requires detailed knowledge of the system and its components, based-to a large extent-on technical and scientific information. However, the information generated must be in line with the political requirements necessary for decision-making and planning. Thus the use of indicators to give a simplified view of the many components of the territory, and at the same time to provide important information about patterns or trends, becomes a tool of the utmost importance. These indicators can be understood as measurable characteristics of the environment, which facilitate comprehension of the processes occurring at different scales and serve as a reference to inform the population and support decision-making. The aim of the present note is to demonstrate briefly the need to develop geographical-environmental and natural risk indicators to facilitate comprehension of the dynamic of spatial and temporal landscape patterns, particularly in coastal environments. This approach offers an historical summary of the natural, socio-economic and political processes which currently make up the territory, and which without doubt will continue to influence it in the future. At the same time, it is proposed that information should be integrated on the basis of this framework with a view to generating spatial decision support systems in a context of planning and integrated management of the coastal zones of Chile.

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A decision-support system for sustainable urban metabolism in Europe

Cited by 106 publications

References 42 publications

Comparative Analysis for the Urban Metabolic Differences of Two Types of Cities in the Resource-Dependent Region Based on Emergy Theory

Comparative Analysis for the Urban Metabolic Differences of Two Types of Cities in the Resource-Dependent Region Based on Emergy Theory

A decision-support methodology for assessing the sustainability of natural risk management strategies in urban areas

Territorial Planning for Coastal Zones in Chile: The Need for Geographical-Environmental and Natural Risk Indicators for Spatial Decision Support Systems

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