Ecological Network Analysis for Carbon Metabolism of Eco-industrial Parks: A Case Study of a Typical Eco-industrial Park in Beijing

Lu, Yi; Чэн, Бин; Feng, Kuishuang; Hubacek, Klaus

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“…Urban systems and FEW systems lend themselves to ENA by virtue of their complex nature, typified by numerous actors and processes interacting in unseen ways. ENA has been applied to urban contexts ( Chen 2015) and other scales (Spiegelberg et al 2017, Wang et al 2017, but as with SD, the diffusion of ENA into IE metabolism thinking has been limited (see Zhang et al 2013, Lu et al 2015.…”

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A 40-year review of food–energy–water nexus literature and its application to the urban scale

Newell

Goldstein

Foster

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Essential for society to function, the production and consumption of food, energy, and water (FEW) are deeply intertwined, leading to calls for a nexus approach to understand and manage the complex tradeoffs and cascading effects. What research exists to date on this FEW nexus? How have scholars conceptualized these interactions at the urban scale? What are some promising approaches? Where are the research gaps? To answer these questions, we conducted a quantitative review of the academic literature on the FEW nexus (1399 publications) over more than four decades , followed by in-depth analysis of the most influential papers using an evaluation matrix that examined four components: 1) modeling approach; 2) scale; 3) nexus 'trigger'; and 4) governance and policy. Scholars in the fields of environmental science predominated, while social science domains were underrepresented. Most papers used quantitative rather than qualitative approaches, especially integrated assessment and systems dynamics modeling although spatial scale was generally recognized, explicit consideration of multi-scalar interactions was limited. Issues of institutional structure, governance, equity, resource access, and behavior were also underdeveloped. Bibliometric analysis of this literature revealed six distinct research communities, including a nascent urban FEW community. We replicated the analysis for this urban group, finding it to be just emerging (80% of papers have been published since 2010) and dominated by scholars in industrial ecology. These scholars focus on quantifying FEW flows of the urban metabolism in isolation rather than as a nexus, largely ignoring the political and socio-economic factors shaping these flows. We propose the urban FEW metabolism as a boundary object to draw in diverse scholarly and practitioner communities. This will advance research on complex FEW systems in four key areas: (1) integration of heterogeneous models and approaches;(2) scalar linkages between urban consumption and trans-boundary resource flows;(3) how actors and institutions shape resource access, distribution and use; and (4) co-production of knowledge with stakeholders.

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Section: Integrative Nexus Framing and Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A 40-year review of food–energy–water nexus literature and its application to the urban scale

Newell

Goldstein

Foster

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

144

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“…Energy infrastructure is also a crucial node of material‐energy metabolism systems in industrial parks (Lu et al. ), linking energy, water, and solid waste, as seen in the pivotal function of the energy infrastructure in the Kalundborg symbiotic system (Chertow and Ehrenfeld ). Moreover, energy infrastructure in some industrial parks also becomes part of the system for disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW) from the local area and/or sludge from the industrial park's wastewater treatment plant (Tian et al.…”

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Exploring Greenhouse Gas‐Mitigation Strategies in Chinese Eco‐Industrial Parks by Targeting Energy Infrastructure Stocks

Guo

Chertow

Chen

2017

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary China has more than 1,500 industrial parks, which, collectively, play a crucial role in facilitating industrialization and urbanization. A key characteristic of these parks is that most rely on shareable energy infrastructure, an efficient configuration that can also deliver substantial and sustainable reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study offers strategies for mitigating GHG emissions from Chinese industrial parks. We focus on extensive data collection for the 106 industrial parks listed in the national demonstration eco‐industrial park (EIP) program. In doing so, we carefully examine the evolution of 608 serviceable energy infrastructure units by vintage year, fuel type, energy output, and technologies of combined heat and power units. We assess direct GHG emissions from both energy infrastructure and the parks, and then identify the features and driving forces of energy infrastructure development in the EIPs. We also offer recommendations for ways to mitigate the GHG emissions from these industrial parks. The energy infrastructure stocks in Chinese EIPs are characterized by heavy coal dependence (87% of capacity) and high ratios of direct GHG emissions versus the total direct emissions of the park (median value: 75.2%). These findings establish a baseline from which both technology and policy decisions can then be made in an informed way.

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“…Energy infrastructure is the key node of metabolism systems in industrial parks, linking energy, water, and pollutants together 46,47 . The environmental impacts of energy infrastructure can be a reasonable proxy of the whole park to a great extent 31 .…”

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Managing energy infrastructure to decarbonize industrial parks in China

Guo

Chen

2020

Nat Commun

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Industrial parks are flourishing globally and are mostly equipped with a shareable energy infrastructure, which has a long service lifetime and thus locks in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We conducted a two-phase study to decarbonize Chinese industrial parks by targeting energy infrastructure. Firstly, a high-resolution geodatabase of energy infrastructure in 1604 industrial parks was established. These energy infrastructures largely featured heavy coal dependence, small capacities, cogeneration of heat and power, and were young in age. Cumulative GHG emissions, during their remaining lifetime, will reach 46.2 Gt CO 2 equivalent(eq.); comparable to the 11% of the 1.5°C global carbon budget. Secondly, a vintage stock model was developed by tailoring countermeasures for each unit and implementing a cost-benefit analysis and life cycle assessment. Total GHG mitigation potential was quantified as 8%~16% relative to the baseline scenario with positive economic benefits. The synergistic reductions in freshwater consumption, SO 2 emissions, and NO x emissions will stand at rates of 34~39%, 24%~31% and 10%~14%, respectively.

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Ecological Network Analysis for Carbon Metabolism of Eco-industrial Parks: A Case Study of a Typical Eco-industrial Park in Beijing

Cited by 123 publications

References 72 publications

A 40-year review of food–energy–water nexus literature and its application to the urban scale

A 40-year review of food–energy–water nexus literature and its application to the urban scale

Exploring Greenhouse Gas‐Mitigation Strategies in Chinese Eco‐Industrial Parks by Targeting Energy Infrastructure Stocks

Managing energy infrastructure to decarbonize industrial parks in China

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