Urban Resources

Banking on cities for secondary resources to release the pressure on natural environment and progress towards Environmentally Sustainable urban integrated systems

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

S.S.B. Bathena Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Alex Wandl Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
D.A. Sepulveda Carmona Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2019 Bhavya Bathena
Secondary resources Circulair economy Urban Planning Resource management Evolutionary Resilience Environmental Sustainability V-H Integration
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Published Date

05-07-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This thesis seeks to explore the concept of Circular Economy and its integration into urban planning as a tool of implementation. The goal of this thesis is to develop environmentally sustainable cities. To develop environmentally sustainable cities, the thesis focuses on two major resource flows in the city: food and water, whose waste streams and high demand are causing damage to the environment. The thesis has developed regional strategies for both the resource flows in decentralized systems and centralized systems. It has emphasized the integration of socio-ecological systems and socio-technical systems that are required in order to successfully implement a circular economy in developing countries. The strategies and the spatial design are elaborated in two pilot projects which have different challenges.