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      Multidisciplinary Loop for Urban Sustainability Translated title: Circuito multidisciplinar para a sustentabilidade urbana Translated title: Bucle multidisciplinar para la sustentabilidad urbana

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          Abstract Accelerated growth of the urban population creates environmental, economic, and social problems, in which inputs require urban processes for their normal functioning (energy, materials, and water), in industrial, economic, and human aspects. Additionally, the outputs generated in the production of goods and services are recognized, which create a series of undesired externalities. The methodology included interdisciplinary work, divided into four phases: planning, literature review, interpretation of the results, and formulation. As a result, we present eight concepts that strengthen urban sustainability: closed loop, urban metabolism, industrial ecology, circular economy, value network, inverse logistics, environmental psychology, and eco-design, upon which a proposal to strengthen urban sustainability through a multifactorial model was created. The article concludes that to achieve urban sustainability, it is necessary to create connecting vessels between disciplines that directly affect the dynamics that give life to contemporary cities.

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          Resumo O crescimento acelerado da população urbana gera problemas ambientais, econômicos e sociais nos quais são reconhecidos os inputs que requerem os processos urbanos para seu normal funcionamento (energia, materiais e água) em aspectos industriais, econômicos e humanos. Além disso, são identificados os outputs gerados na produção de bens ou serviços, os quais originam externalidades não desejadas. A metodologia contou com um trabalho interdisciplinar organizado em quatro momentos: planejamento, revisão bibliográfica, interpretação dos resultados e formulação da proposta do circuito multidisciplinar. Como resultado, são apresentados oito conceitos que fortalecem a sustentabilidade urbana: ciclo fechado, metabolismo urbano, economia circular, ecologia industrial, rede de valor, logística reversa, psicologia ambiental e ecodesenho, a partir dos quais foi gerada a proposta de um modelo multifatorial para fortalecer a sustentabilidade urbana. Conclui-se que, para atingir a sustentabilidade urbana, é urgente criar vínculos entre as disciplinas que afetam, de maneira direta, as dinâmicas que dão vida às cidades contemporâneas.

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          Resumen El crecimiento acelerado de la población urbana genera problemas ambientales, económicos y sociales en los que se reconocen los inputs que requieren los procesos urbanos para su normal funcionamiento (energía, materiales y agua) en aspectos industriales, económicos y humanos. Asimismo, se identifican los outputs generados en la producción de bienes o servicios, los cuales originan una serie de externalidades no deseadas. La metodología contó con un trabajo interdisciplinar organizado en cuatro momentos: planeación, revisión bibliográfica, interpretación de los resultados y formulación. Como resultado se presentan ocho conceptos que fortalecen la sustentabilidad urbana: ciclo cerrado, metabolismo urbano, economía circular, ecología industrial, red de valor, logística inversa, psicología ambiental y ecodiseño, a partir de los cuales se generó la propuesta de un modelo multifactorial para el fortalecimiento de la sustentabilidad urbana. Se concluye que para alcanzar la sustentabilidad urbana urge crear vasos comunicantes entre las disciplinas que inciden de manera directa en las dinámicas que dan vida a las ciudades contemporáneas.

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              Understanding the drivers of energy and material flows of cities is important for addressing global environmental challenges. Accessing, sharing, and managing energy and material resources is particularly critical for megacities, which face enormous social stresses because of their sheer size and complexity. Here we quantify the energy and material flows through the world's 27 megacities with populations greater than 10 million people as of 2010. Collectively the resource flows through megacities are largely consistent with scaling laws established in the emerging science of cities. Correlations are established for electricity consumption, heating and industrial fuel use, ground transportation energy use, water consumption, waste generation, and steel production in terms of heating-degree-days, urban form, economic activity, and population growth. The results help identify megacities exhibiting high and low levels of consumption and those making efficient use of resources. The correlation between per capita electricity use and urbanized area per capita is shown to be a consequence of gross building floor area per capita, which is found to increase for lower-density cities. Many of the megacities are growing rapidly in population but are growing even faster in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and energy use. In the decade from 2001-2011, electricity use and ground transportation fuel use in megacities grew at approximately half the rate of GDP growth.
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                Journal
                rarq
                Revista de Arquitectura
                Rev. Arquit.
                Universidad Católica de Colombia, Facultad de Diseño y Centro de Investigaciones (CIFAR) (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                1657-0308
                2357-626X
                December 2019
                : 21
                : 2
                : 76-88
                Affiliations
                [3] Bogotá Bogotá orgnamePontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia
                [1] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia
                [2] Bogotá Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Colombia monica.suarez@ 123456investigadores.uamerica.edu.co
                Article
                S1657-03082019000200076 S1657-0308(19)02100200076
                10.14718/revarq.2019.21.2.2048
                9b5da4ff-bedb-4c03-908c-55d6e777aff0

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 10 April 2018
                : 27 May 2019
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 72, Pages: 13
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                SciELO Colombia

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                Technology, environment and sustainability

                urban environmental management,desenvolvimento inclusivo,environmental psychology,gestión ambiental urbana,psicologia ambiental,gestão ambiental urbana,desarrollo inclusivo,inclusive development,ciudades resilientes,planejamento urbano,desenvolvimento urbano sustentável,cidades resilientes,planificación urbana,sustainable urban development,psicología ambiental,Resilient cities,urban planning,desarrollo urbano sustentable

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