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Urban metabolism: a tool for urban transitions

Aristide Athanassiadis, Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems, EPFL

Cities are perhaps the most complex human invention. They are the arena where social, economic, environmental, cultural and political challenges collide. To navigate through this complexity, urban metabolism offers a prism through which the interconnections between these challenges can be explored, understood and analyzed in order to propose transition strategies. In this seminar, the origins of this concept will be presented as well as how it is currently used in academia, policy making and practice. In addition, practical tools for the metabolic analysis of territories will be presented in order to better understand how to reduce their environmental footprint.

CHF 150.00