Urban metabolism Industrial ecology: the material and energetic functioning of cities. This research aims to quantify the metabolic inputs (e.g. biomass, minerals, food, and fuel) and outputs (e.g. waste, atmospheric emissions) (from Wolman 1965), optimise flows and improve their environmental performance. Urban political ecology: the socio-technical transformation of matter generated by urban capitalism and uneven processes, through the metabolic rift (from Marx 1894). The aim is to explore both how nature is transformed and inscribed in the political and socioeconomic practices that shape the urban form and its hinterland, and how flows are entangled in relations of domination and power. Ecological economics: the long-term socio-ecological process by which material, energy and water flows are consumed, transformed and discharged in different forms by cities. This research aims to understand the urban implications of sociometabolic regime transitions. Related terms (separated by commas) Industrial ecology, political ecology, sociometabolism research Further reading (Key books, articles, papers utilizing the term. Use citation format, e.g. Jones, 2012; Rashid, 1985).

Urban metabolism Industrial ecology: the material and energetic functioning of cities. This research aims to quantify the metabolic inputs (e.g. biomass, minerals, food, and fuel) and outputs (e.g. waste, atmospheric emissions) (from Wolman 1965), optimise flows and improve their environmental performance. Urban political ecology: the socio-technical transformation of matter generated by urban capitalism and uneven processes, through the metabolic rift (from Marx 1894). The aim is to explore both how nature is transformed and inscribed in the political and socioeconomic practices that shape the urban form and its hinterland, and how flows are entangled in relations of domination and power. Ecological economics: the long-term socio-ecological process by which material, energy and water flows are consumed, transformed and discharged in different forms by cities. This research aims to understand the urban implications of sociometabolic regime transitions. Related terms (separated by commas) Industrial ecology, political ecology, sociometabolism research Further reading (Key books, articles, papers utilizing the term. Use citation format, e.g. Jones, 2012; Rashid, 1985).