The physical structure of urban economies — Comparative assessment

André Pina, Paulo Ferrão, Daniela Ferreira, Luís Santos, Michal Monit, João F.D. Rodrigues and Samuel Niza

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2016, vol. 113, issue PB, 220-229

Abstract: Urban metabolism provides a characterization of anthropogenic material flows in urban systems and should contribute to identify the economic activities that were involved on their supply and transformation. Typically, its quantification requires data that is not easily available in different geographies. This paper makes use of a methodology based on monetary input–output tables and international trade statistics that might be easily replicable to many metropolitan areas in the world, and which is intended to provide a first rough estimation of urban material flows.

Keywords: Urban metabolism; Material flow accounting; Input–output; Sustainability; Urban economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.05.012

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