Urban metabolism and the zero-waste city: transforming cities through sustainable design and behavior change
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2012
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Lehmann, S.
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Lindfield, M.
Steinberg, F.
Steinberg, F.
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Source details - Title: Green Cities, 2012 / Lindfield, M., Steinberg, F. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.108-135
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By the year 2025, the world’s population will reach 8 billion, and almost 60% of those people will live in metropolitan regions, i.e., in cities. Around the globe, urbanization and the growth in metropolitan areas is already affecting nature, biodiversity, food supply, the built environment, and society in profound ways. However, the international community has made little progress over the last 20 years in restraining global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, while an increasing amount of emissions is coming from large developing nations, such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India. Because of human activity, the planet is reaching a potentially catastrophic tipping point. Several scientific studies indicate the estimated biodiversity loss between 1996 and 2011 to be around 12%.
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Copyright 2012 Asian Development Bank