MFA 4

Question 1

def urban metabolism

Answer 1

an (unconsolidated) field studying urban flows/stocks and actors from a systemic perspective

Question 2

dans le contexte de urban métabolisme, give a def of a city

Answer 2

is a LAU 8local admin unit) where major partie population vit dans un centre urbain d’au moins 50.000 habitant.e.s

Question 3

what boundary ? decrier les 3 niveau ds urban metabolism

Answer 3

1)city(plus petit, centre dense)
2)greater city (approx urban center when stretched far beyond administrative zone
3)functional urban area(city and commuting zone)

Question 4

what is an accounting approach ?

Question 5

top down accounting ?

Answer 5

on part de grande échelle pr reduire (demande infrastructure institutionnelle=> ca doit etre normalisé)
(les ville sont traitées de façons semblables, on voit les choses en gros quoi)

Question 6

what is bottom-up accounting ?

Answer 6

on part de petite échelle pr élargir (no big pictures, difficult to reproduce => plein de petits details)

Question 7

territorial / production based accounting

Answer 7

focus on territory

Question 8

consumption base accounting

Answer 8

focus on flows of territory for the production of what is consumed

Question 9

what are the 3 main accounting methods ?

Answer 9

data layer, urban EW_MFA, Urban MFA (balanced)

Question 10

ds urban EW-MFA, on ouvre le black box: what are the different spatial approaches ?

Answer 10

region, metropolis, city, communes, neighbourhood, households

Question 11

ds urban ew-mfa, where to find data ?

Answer 11

-open city data portails
-top down and bottom up estimations

Question 12

mapping the stock: give definition to a material stock:

Answer 12

accumulated material on a territory in the form of infrastructures, durable goods over a period of time

Question 13

why material stock are important?

Answer 13

-les stock de materieux peuvent prédire les futurs impacts / changements
-reduce les impact compare dans la construction (?)
-buffer (milieu) entre entérine and exiting stocks

Question 14

data for what and how to find ? (4 buts/lieu)

Answer 14

1)pour définir les impacts de l’immeuble ou du stock (cadastres d’un pays (ex suisse) )
2)pr définir typologie immeuble (ou stock) : urban historians, gros dicos théoriques a la Biblio quoi
3)material composition: gros dico, plan archi, visual identification
4)embodied environmental requirement of ,material (LCA)