Working off of Wolman s pioneering work in the 60 s, environmentalist Herbert Girardet ( 1996 ) began to see and document his findings in the connection between urban metabolism and sustainable cities.
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It wasn't until 1965 when Abel Wolman fully developed and used the term urban metabolism in his work, The Metabolism of Cities which he developed in response to deteriorating air and water qualities in American cities.
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With the issue of sustainability at the core of many environmental issues today, one of the main uses of Urban Metabolism in the modern era is to track and record levels of sustainability in cities and regions around the world.
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The urban metabolism model records and analyzes environmental conditions and trends which are easily understood for policy makers and consequently comparable over time making it easier to find unhealthy patterns and develop a plan of action to better the level of sustainability.
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His current work explores three themes : urban metabolism ( how cities function and the ecological dynamics of urban space ); cyborg urbanization ( how our bodies are connected to urban space ); and cinematic landscapes ( how cities and landscapes are represented in moving images ).
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Girardet laid the foundation for the industrial ecology approach to urban metabolism in which it is seen as the conversion of nature into society . Aside from being a great advocate and populariser for urban metabolism, Girardet significantly coined and drew the difference between a circular and linear metabolism.
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Girardet laid the foundation for the industrial ecology approach to urban metabolism in which it is seen as the conversion of nature into society . Aside from being a great advocate and populariser for urban metabolism, Girardet significantly coined and drew the difference between a circular and linear metabolism.
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The real problem with the unsustainable nature of modern cities is not just about cars and too much driving-it is about the entire urban metabolism of the city ( of which auto-mobility is less than half of the overall ecological footprint and accounts for about half of the GHG emissions / carbon footprint ).
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The book proposes an urbanism capable of producing resources for a new urban metabolism that can be reconciled with environmental protection, with the reduction of consumption, with the consolidation of the welfare state, food creation, as well as the promotion of innovative startups can stimulate the intelligence and creativity, to extend urban agriculture and recycling, to manage energy adaptation and climate efficiency of the city of the future
