Print Email Facebook Twitter A refined waste flow mapping method Title A refined waste flow mapping method: Addressing the material and spatial dimensions of waste flows in the urban territory through big data: the case of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Author Furlan, C. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design) Wandl, Alex (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design) Geldermans, Bob (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability) Sileryte, R. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design) Date 2020 Abstract Fundamental changes in the societal use of biophysical resources are required for a sustainable transformation. Current (urban) metabolism research traces flows of energy and materials and products to capture resource use along valuechains from resource extraction to production and consumption and the discharge of wastes and emissions. However, spatial relation, local carrying capacity and qualitative characteristics of the urban landscape are only featured in very few studies, even if they are becoming crucial elements towards future sustainable development. Simultaneously, spatial studies tend to neglect the dimension of processes of flows and the generated stocks that influence the construction and performance of space. Big data and GIS technologies have thepotential to leverage the integration between the two fields of knowledge. Therefore, the article explores the development of an innovative method - Activity-based Spatial Material Flow Analysis -that integrates qualitative and quantitative flow specifications in material content and geographical space, starting from the analysis of waste flows relative to the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (NL). Lastly, the article reflects on the results of the application of the AS-MFA method, namely a series of flow maps. Each flow map is a significant data-based network representation of a part of the urban metabolism within the AMA in a specific period of time. Subject urban metabolismmappingactivity-based spatial material flow analysiswaste flowscircular economy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:93f4eedf-8485-4246-9880-101a184e3b4b DOI https://doi.org/10.13128/contest-11909 ISSN 2035-5300 Source Contesti. Città, Territori, Progetti, 2020 (1), 74-89 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 C. Furlan, Alex Wandl, Bob Geldermans, R. Sileryte Files PDF 11909_Article_Text_16824_ ... 201214.pdf 1.74 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:93f4eedf-8485-4246-9880-101a184e3b4b/datastream/OBJ/view