An urban approach to planetary boundaries

• Published in: Ambio Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 567 - 580
• Main Authors: Hoornweg, Daniel, Hosseini, Mehdi, Kennedy, Christopher, Behdadi, Azin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.09.2016; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Biophysical Phenomena; Biosphere; Boundaries; Brazil; China; Cities; Climate change; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Emission standards; Emissions; Energy consumption; Environment; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Environmental Management; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Monitoring - economics; Environmental Monitoring - methods; freshwater; GDP; Greenhouse gases; Gross Domestic Product; India; infrastructure; monitoring; Physical Geography; Socioeconomic Factors; socioeconomics; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Urbanization; Urbanization - trends; ISW, India, Maharashtra, Greater Mumbai Dist., Mumbai; Senegal, Dakar; Canada, Ontario, Toronto; China, People's Rep., Shanghai; Brazil, Sao Paulo; Brazil; China; India; Urbanization; Planetary boundaries; Bio-physical and socio-economic limits; Cities; Sustainability

The achievement of global sustainable development goals subject to planetary boundaries will mostly be determined by cities as they drive cultures, economies, material use, and waste generation. Locally relevant, applied and quantitative methodologies are critical to capture the complexity of urban...