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Metabolism of the Anthroposphere - Analysis, Evaluation, Design (Hardcover, second edition)
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Metabolism of the Anthroposphere - Analysis, Evaluation, Design (Hardcover, second edition)
Series: Metabolism of the Anthroposphere
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An overview of the cultural evolution of material flows and stocks
with an emphasis on the design of metabolic processes in urban
systems. Over the last several thousand years of human life on
Earth, agricultural settlements became urban cores, and these
regional settlements became tightly connected through
infrastructures transporting people, materials, and information.
This global network of urban systems, including ecosystems, is the
anthroposphere; the physical flows and stocks of matter and energy
within it form its metabolism. This book offers an overview of the
metabolism of the anthroposphere, with an emphasis on the design of
metabolic systems. It takes a cultural historical perspective,
supported with methodology from the natural sciences and
engineering. The book will be of interest to scholars and
practitioners in the fields of regional development, environmental
protection, and material management. It will also be a resource for
undergraduate and graduate students in industrial ecology,
environmental engineering, and resource management. The authors
describe the characteristics of material stocks and flows of human
settlements in space and time; introduce the method of material
flow analysis (MFA) for metabolic studies; analyze regional
metabolism and the material systems generated by basic activities;
and offer four case studies of optimal metabolic system design:
phosphorus management, urban mining, waste management, and
mobility. This second edition of an extremely influential book has
been substantially revised and greatly expanded. Its new emphasis
on design and resource utilization reflects recent debates and
scholarship on sustainable development and climate change.
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