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City of flows: the need for design-led research to urban metabolism
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Abstract The design of cities has long ignored the flows that shape the city. Water has been the most visible one, but energy and materials were invisible and/or taken for granted. A little over 50 years ago, Abel Wolman was the first to illuminate the role of water flows in the urban fabric. It has long bee... view more
The design of cities has long ignored the flows that shape the city. Water has been the most visible one, but energy and materials were invisible and/or taken for granted. A little over 50 years ago, Abel Wolman was the first to illuminate the role of water flows in the urban fabric. It has long been a search for quantitative data while the flows were mostly seen as separated entities. The fact they invisibly formed the way the city appears has been neglected for many years. In this thematic issue the "city of flows" is seen as a design task. It aims to bring to the fore the role flows can play to be consciously used to make spatial decisions in how and where certain uses and infrastructure is located. Efficient and sustainable.... view less
Keywords
food; design; urban planning; river; town; regional development; energy; bodies of water
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
energy; food; food-energy-water nexus; nexus thinking; urban flows; urban metabolism; urban planning; water
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 106-112
Journal
Urban Planning, 4 (2019) 1
Issue topic
The city of flows: urban planning of environmental flows
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Published Version; reviewed