Resource effectiveness in and across urban systems

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Resource effectiveness metrics quantify city-wide material and energy efficiency. In a thermodynamic formulation of material and energetic flows within and across cities, effectiveness of resource utilization and conversion reflect the efficiency of the city as a consumer and producer, respectively. These dimensionless metrics are based on the ratios of successfully utilized (effectiveness of utilization) or exported (effectiveness of conversion) biophysical resources to the total resources extracted or imported into the city, all measured in units of exergy.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Arbabi, H. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-9022 Tan, L.M.
Editors:	Brears, R.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This is an author-produced version of a work entry subsequently published in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	Carbon emissions; Circular economy; Environment; Linear economy; Resource efficiency; Urban systems
Dates:	Published: 28 October 2021 Published (online): 28 October 2021 Accepted: 28 August 2021
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2021 11:27
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2023 00:13
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_202-1
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179429

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