Print Email Facebook Twitter A contextual and spatial approach towards resource cycles Title A contextual and spatial approach towards resource cycles Author Geldermans, R.J. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Architectural Engineering +Technology Date 2014-10-28 Abstract Multiple system-based concepts exist to analyse and manage urban throughput of resource flows, examples are Urban Metabolism, Industrial Ecology and Energy Potential Mapping. Common threads in these propositions are fundamental principles valid in nature, notably homeostasis and thermodynamics. Those and likeminded concepts are valuable links in the shift from a reductionist towards a holistic notion of the built environment. However, practical implementations of system-based interventions appear to lag behind. This ‘system failure’ can be allocated to the inherent complex nature of associated challenges and threats. This paper focuses on attributes of sustainable urban development that are as yet insufficiently understood, revolving around contextuality and spatiality. A case study in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is introduced to explore regional synergies, in particular with regard to two hotspot zones. It is urged that for sustainable resource management, regional systems-integration is a critical factor. Unravelling supply & demand patterns in the designated area unveiled multiple potentials for circular resource flows and mutual benefits for networked actors. Subject sustainable developmentsystems integrationresource efficiencycircularityurban miningenergy potential mapping To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4d422f9b-24a6-47cb-9fea-9a6de1959771 Source World SB 14 "Sustainable building: Results" Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 October 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2014 The Author(s) Files PDF 310193.pdf 3.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4d422f9b-24a6-47cb-9fea-9a6de1959771/datastream/OBJ/view