Urban ecosystem modeling and global change: Potential for rational urban management and emissions mitigation

Chen, S., Chen, B., & Fath, B.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-6842 (2014). Urban ecosystem modeling and global change: Potential for rational urban management and emissions mitigation. Environmental Pollution 139-149. 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.032.

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Abstract

Urbanization is a strong and extensive driver that causes environmental pollution and climate change from local to global scale. Modeling cities as ecosystems has been initiated by a wide range of scientists as a key to addressing challenging problems concomitant with urbanization. In this paper, "urban ecosystem modeling (UEM)" is defined in an inter-disciplinary context to acquire a broad perception of urban ecological properties and their interactions with global change. Furthermore, state-of-the-art models of urban ecosystems are reviewed, categorized as top-down models (including materials/energy-oriented models and structure-oriented models), bottom-up models (including land use-oriented models and infrastructure-oriented models), or hybrid models thereof. Based on the review of UEM studies, a future framework for explicit UEM is proposed based the integration of UEM approaches of different scales, guiding more rational urban management and efficient emissions mitigation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Urban ecosystem modeling; Urbanization; Global change; Emissions mitigation
Research Programs:	Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA)
Bibliographic Reference:	Environmental Pollution; 190:139-149 (July 2014) (Published online 18 April 2014)
Depositing User:	IIASA Import
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 08:50
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:24
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/10940

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