3 results on '"Serrano, Tarik"'
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2. Applications of the MuSIASEM approach to study changes in the metabolic pattern of Catalonia
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Sorman Hadiye, Alevgul, Giampietro, Mario, Lobo Aleu, Agustín, and Serrano, Tarik
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Desenvolupament sostenible -- Aspectes econòmics ,Indicadors ambientals -- Mètodes estadístics ,504 - Ciències del medi ambient ,Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism ,Energia -- Consum -- Anàlisi - Abstract
This document presents an integrated analysis of the performance of Catalonia based on an analysis of how the energy consumption (measured at the societal level for the Catalan Society) is used within both the productive sectors of the economy and the household, to generate added value, jobs, and to guarantee a given level of material standard of living to the population. The trends found in Catalonia are compared to the trends of other European Countries to contextualize the performance of Catalonia with respect to other societies that have followed different paths of economic development. The first part of the document consists of the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) approach that has been used to provide this integrated analysis of Catalan Society across different scales (starting from an analysis of the specific sectors of the Catalan economy as an Autonomous Community and scaling up to an intra-regional (European Union 14) comparison) and across different dimensions of analyses of energy consumption coupled with added value generation. Within the scope of this study, we observe the various trajectories of changes in the metabolic pattern for Catalonia and the EU14 countries in the Paid Work Sectors composed of namely, the Agricultural Sector, the Productive Sector and the Services and Government Sector also in comparison with the changes in the household sector. The flow intensities of the exosomatic energy and the added value generated for each specific sector are defined per hour of human activity, thus characterized as exosomatic energy (MJ/hour) (or Exosomatic Metabolic Rate) and added value (€/hour) (Economic Labour Productivity) across multiple levels. Within the second part of the document, the possible usage of the MuSIASEM approach to land use analyses (using a multi-level matrix of categories of land use) has been conducted.
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- 2009
3. Energy-Landscape Optimization for Land Use Planning. Application in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
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Marull, Joan, Torabi, Parisa, Padró, Roc, Alabert, Aureli, La Rota, Maria José, and Serrano, Tarik
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LAND use planning , *METROPOLITAN areas , *URBAN agriculture , *STANDARD metropolitan statistical areas , *URBAN growth , *CITY dwellers , *GREEN infrastructure - Abstract
• An energy-landscape optimization nonlinear model is designed for land use planning. • The model is tested in a mediterranean biocultural landscape using diverse objectives. • The model integrates socio-metabolic balances and landscape functional structures. • Results allow different land use configurations for conventional-organic agriculture. • The model helps policies advancing toward green infrastructures in metropolitan areas. Image, graphical abstract Rapid population growth and urban expansion in metropolitan areas have led to a dramatic increase in food demand. In most cases, urban sprawl occurs in unplanned ways, forcing peri-urban agriculture to adopt detrimental practices for biodiversity conservation and metabolic efficiency (i.e. landscape homogenization and dependence on non-renewable external inputs), facing the food-biodiversity dilemma. In order to ameliorate these negative effects over the metropolitan socioecological system, researchers have focused on developing comprehensive indicators to support sustainable urban expansion in metropolitan areas. In this paper, we use these indicators to develop an Energy-Landscape Optimization (E-LO), a nonlinear model designed for land use planning by means of considering biophysical constraints. Then, we test the model in a representative Mediterranean bio-cultural landscape in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain). The E-LO results allow us to propose different land use configurations for both conventional and organic agriculture, taking into account the associated socio-metabolic balances and the related landscape functional structures, with the aim to meet different societal objectives. We have fruitfully tested three settings: i) to increase conditions to host farm associated biodiversity, ii) to increase agricultural production, and iii) to minimize dependence on non-renewable external inputs. According to these socioecological objectives, we have obtained the best landscape-metabolism integration, which is a useful methodology for sustainable land use policy. This socioecological perspective is necessary for the new paradigm on agroecosystem management and landscape planning, and can help advancing towards functional green infrastructures in metropolitan areas, especially in the climate change and agroecological transition global context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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