Contents
Chapter 0 Urban metabolism for the urban century1
0.1 Motivation3
0.2 The research questions5
0.3 Aim of the book 8
Part A: Vision and Theory
Chapter 1 City: A socio-ecological view of human communities 11
1.1 Introduction13
1.2 Urban sustainable development debate14
1.3 Urban metabolism and principle of entropy increase15
Chapter 2 Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of urban sustainability 19
2.1 Introduction21
2.2 Method22
2.3 Urban TEK and environmental sustainability25
2.4 Urban TEK and economic sustainability 29
2.5 Urban TEK and social sustainability 30
2.6 Discussion33
2.7 Conclusion 38
Chapter 3 Urban metabolism theory and analysis methods 41
3.1 Introduction43
3.2 Origin and development of metabolic theory43
3.3 Metabolic studies at different scales 49
3.4 Main methods of metabolism research 53
3.5 Implication of metabolism study on different scale60
Chapter 4 Environmental accounting and urban metabolism65
4.1 Introduction67
4.2 Present knowledge for urban environmental accounting and management 69
4.3 Present challenges for urban environmental accounting and management73
4.4 Discussion74
Chapter 5 Ecosystem services accounting framework and urban metabolism 77
5.1 Introduction79
5.2 Literature review81
5.3 The framework for non-monetary ESV accounting84
5.4 Discussion93
5.5 Conclusion 99
Chapter 6 A physical view of urban metabolism dynamics 101
6.1 Introduction103
6.2 Allometric laws and cities103
6.3 Global energy constrains111
6.4 Conclusions125
Chapter 7 Urban metabolism and urban ecological culture 127
7.1 Introduction129
7.2 Analogy between cell and ecological culture129
7.3 Cellular structure and function130
7.4 Concept model of reconstruction of UEC131
7.5 Conclusion 136
Chapter 8 Circular economy and urban ecological management 137
8.1 Introduction139
8.2 The evolution of circular economy practices in China and Europe147
8.3 Concluding remarks159
Part B: Tools and Approaches
Chapter 9 Urban metabolic process analysis165
9.1 Introduction167
9.2 Methodology168
9.3 Ecological economic account of Beijing urban ecosystem173
9.4 Discussion187
9.5 Conclusion 191
Chapter 10 Urban metabolic flux and structure analysis193
10.1 Introduction195
10.2 Methodology and data use 197
10.3 Results199
10.4 Conclusion and discussion212
Chapter 11 Urban metabolic network structure analysis215
11.1 Introduction217
11.2 Methodology218
11.3 Extended exergy analysis226
11.4 Ecological network analysis results 233
11.5 Discussion237
11.6 Conclusion 239
Chapter 12 Environmental impact analysis in urban metabolic system241
12.1 Introduction243
12.2 Characteristics of the environment and economy in Beijing 245
12.3 Methodology245
12.4 Results and discussion 254
12.5 Conclusion 263
Chapter 13 Urban metabolic dynamic analysis265
13.1 Introduction267
13.2 State of the art 268
13.3 Material and methods269
13.4 Model calibration and parameter selection 276
13.5 Results280
13.6 Discussion and conclusion285
Chapter 14 Urban metabolism health evaluation and spatial development pattern analysis289
14.1 Introduction291
14.2 Materials and methods 292
14.3 Results298
14.4 Discussion302
14.5 Conclusion 304
Chapter 15 Urban agglomeration metabolism sustainability analysis307
15.1 Introduction309
15.2 Methods 313
15.3 Results324
15.4 Discussion333
15.5 Conclusion 336
Chapter 16 Thermodynamic geography of urban metabolic process 339
16.1 Introduction341
16.2 Material and methods345
16.3 Results and discussion 356
16.4 Conclusion 366
Chapter 17 Urban food-energy-water nexus analysis to support urban circular economy strategy369
17.1 Introduction371
17.2 Literature review373
17.3 Method376
17.4 Results386
17.5 Discussion391
17.6 Conclusion 402
Part C:Case studies
Chapter 18 Urban municipal solid waste metabolism and management407
18.1 Introduction409
18.2 Methodology411
18.3 Results417
18.4 Discussion424
18.5 Conclusion 427
Chapter 19 Hospital solid waste metabolism and management 429
19.1 Introduction431
19.2 Field test and data collection441
19.3 Results460
19.4 Discussion464
19.5 Conclusion and recommendations 468
Chapter 20 Metabolism efficiency analysis of urban transportation system471
20.1 Introduction473
20.2 Literature review474
20.3 Methods 476
20.4 Case study 479
20.5 Results483
20.6 Discussion495
20.7 Conclusion 496
Chapter 21 Metabolic efficiency analysis of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)499
21.1 Introduction501
21.2 Methodology and analysis 519
21.3 Results and discussion 537
21.4 Conclusion 558
Chapter 22 Urban wastewater metabolism and sewage sludge management 563
22.1 Introduction565
22.2 Curr