Metabolic Water Cycle in Urban Areas: Turkey Analysis

Abstract

The concept of urban metabolism is a widely accepted and used concept. It offers an effective way to learn about urban metabolism, energy efficiency, waste recycling, waste management and infrastructure features of the urban system. It can also be used as an effective way to measure the inputs of waste, energy, water, food and other materials. Water is an indispensable resource for living beings to survive. Therefore, the sustainability of water is important in the urban metabolic cycle. In this study, analysis of material flow with the water in the cities and the production methods used in a metabolic flux was evaluated Turkey.

Keywords

• Water
• Urban Metabolism
• Sustainability
• Metabolic Cycle of Water

Kentsel Alanlarda Suyun Metabolik Döngüsü: Türkiye Analizi

Abstract

Kentsel metabolizma kavramı yaygın olarak kabul gören ve kullanılan bir kavramdır. Kentsel metabolizma, enerji verimliliği, geri dönüşüm, atık yönetimi ve kentsel altyapı hakkında bilgi edinmek için etkili bir yol sunmaktadır. Ayrıca, atıkların, enerji, su, yiyecek ve diğer malzemelerin girdilerini ölçmek içinde etkili bir yol olarak kullanılabilmektedir. Su kaynak itibariyle canlıların hayatlarını sürdürülebilmesi için vazgeçilmez bir kaynak niteliği taşımaktadır. Bu nedenle kentsel metabolik döngü içinde suyun sürdürülebilirliği önemlidir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de kentlerde ve üretimde kullanılan suyun materyal akış analizi yöntemiyle metabolik akışı değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

• su
• Kent Metabolizması
• Sürdürebilirlik
• Suyun Metabolik Döngüsü

References

1. Ayres, Robert U. and Kneese, Allen V. (1969), Production, Consumption, and Externalities The American Economic Review Vol. 59, No. 3 pp. 282-297.
2. Barles, Sabine (2009). Urban Metabolism of Paris and its Region, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 13, pp. 898-913.
3. Carréon, Jesús Rosales, and Worrell, Ernst (2018). Urban Energy Systems Within The Transition to Sustainable Development: A Research Agenda for Urban Metabolism, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 132, pp. 258–266.
4. Codoban, Natalia and Kennedy, Christopher A. (2008). The Metabolism of Neighbourhoods, ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 134(1), pp. 21-31.
5. Collins, Andrea and Flynn, Andrew (2007). Engaging with the Ecological Footprint as a Decision-Making Tool: Process and Responses, Local Environment, 12(3), pp. 295–312.
6. Fischer-Kowalski, Marina and Huttler, Walter (1997). Society's Metabolism: The İntellectual History of Materials Flow Analysis Part II, 1970–1998, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2(4), pp. 107–136.
7. Girardet, Herbert (1990) “The metabolism of cities. In: Cadman”, D., Payne, G. (Eds.), The Living City: Towards a Sustainable Future. Routledge, London, pp.170-180.
8. Grimm, N.B., Faeth, S.H., Golubiewski, N.E., Redman, C.L., Wu, J., Bai, X. and Briggs, J.M. (2008). Global Change and The Ecology Of Cities, Science, 3 (58), pp.756–760.

9. Huang, Shu‐Li and Chen, Chia‐Wen (2009). Urbanization and Socioeconomic Metabolism in Taipei, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 13, pp. 75-93.
10. Kennedy, C., Cuddıhy, J. and Engel-Yan, J. (2007). The Changing Metabolism Of Cities, Journal Of Industrial Ecology, 11, pp. 43-59.
11. Kennedy, C., Cuddıhy, J. and Engel-Yan, J. (2007). The Changing Metabolism Of Cities, Journal Of Industrial Ecology, 11, pp. 43-59.
12. Kennedy, C., Pincetl, S. and Bunje, P. (2011). The Study of Urban Metabolism and its Applications to Urban Planning and Design, Environmental Pollution, 159, pp. 1965–1973.
13. Moffatt, Ian (2000). Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Development, Ecological Economics, 32, pp. 359-362.
14. Newman, Peter (1999). Sustainability and Cities: Extending The Metabolism Model, in Landscape and Urban Planning, 44, pp. 219–226.
15. Swilling, Mark and Annecke, Eve (2012). Just Transitions: Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World, Japan: United Nations University Press.
16. Wolman, A. (1965). The Metabolism of Cities, Scientific America, 213 (3), pp.179-190.