Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences

The adoption of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) practices within urban areas is gaining interest due to the environmental impacts entailed by the development of cities. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about how the relationships between industrial and urban areas can be modelled. In this conte...

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Main Author: Carmen Ruiz-Puente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/16/9292
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spelling doaj-7bf897f1577043a38d86ba92809bd67c2021-08-26T14:22:47ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-08-01139292929210.3390/su13169292Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide ExperiencesCarmen Ruiz-Puente0INGEPRO Research Group, Department of Transport and Projects and Processes Technology, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, SpainThe adoption of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) practices within urban areas is gaining interest due to the environmental impacts entailed by the development of cities. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about how the relationships between industrial and urban areas can be modelled. In this context, this research aimed at posing a conceptual model to understand and represent Urban-Industrial Systems (UIS). To this end, a set of worldwide previous UIS experiences were overviewed to identify the agents, dynamics, and collaboration opportunities that characterize them. The multi-perspective analysis of these cases indicated that UIS are complex systems, which means that they are autonomous, self-organized, responsive, nonlinear, and willing to consolidate their resilience. As such, Agent-Based Models (ABM) were suggested to be the most suitable approach for their representation.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/16/9292complex systemsindustrial ecologyurban-industrial symbiosisurban-industrial systemsurban metabolism
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Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
Sustainability
complex systems
industrial ecology
urban-industrial symbiosis
urban-industrial systems
urban metabolism
author_facet Carmen Ruiz-Puente
author_sort Carmen Ruiz-Puente
title Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
title_short Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
title_full Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
title_fullStr Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
title_full_unstemmed Proposal of a Conceptual Model to Represent Urban-Industrial Systems from the Analysis of Existing Worldwide Experiences
title_sort proposal of a conceptual model to represent urban-industrial systems from the analysis of existing worldwide experiences
publisher MDPI AG
series Sustainability
issn 2071-1050
publishDate 2021-08-01
description The adoption of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) practices within urban areas is gaining interest due to the environmental impacts entailed by the development of cities. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about how the relationships between industrial and urban areas can be modelled. In this context, this research aimed at posing a conceptual model to understand and represent Urban-Industrial Systems (UIS). To this end, a set of worldwide previous UIS experiences were overviewed to identify the agents, dynamics, and collaboration opportunities that characterize them. The multi-perspective analysis of these cases indicated that UIS are complex systems, which means that they are autonomous, self-organized, responsive, nonlinear, and willing to consolidate their resilience. As such, Agent-Based Models (ABM) were suggested to be the most suitable approach for their representation.
topic complex systems
industrial ecology
urban-industrial symbiosis
urban-industrial systems
urban metabolism
url https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/16/9292
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