NEW URBAN METABOLISM

The growing urbanization of the planet, visible in the fact that by the middle of this century some 70% percent of the population wi ll live in cities, situates the urban question as a key issue for global sustainability. Many of the causes generating the huge envi ronmental crises, climate change for instance, have their rationale in the metabolic inefficiency of our cities. Greater metabolic e fficiency contributes to the energy rationalization of urban system and also contributes to greater urban competitiveness. Urban met abolic a...[Read more]