Don’t Waste It [AMA 2050] Waste and energy flows for local Sustainable peri urban areas in the AMA

When looking at metabolic flows is evident that energy and waste flows are those with the biggest impact. Energy is needed for most of the processes and waste is a result of most processes. Therefore, this project focus on these two cycles to identify how these cycles can be improved and combined and how they can contribute to a sustainable development of peri-urban areas.

This project pays attention to peri-urban areas as spaces for interventions. These territories which are neither totally urban nor totally rural, cover most of Europe and accommodate important functions and facilities, are neglected from a planning as well as from a policy point of view, while they withhold spatial potential (Wandl 2014). Hence, this project also introduces Circular Economy frameworks to create efficient waste and energy cycles within periurban areas.

After identifying waste and energy networks in the AMA and their clusters, we assessed possible new connections and interdependences between municipalities based on their waste and energy production/ demand and on the strengths that this communities have. Based on these elements, we create the flows of upcycling waste, biofuel, upcycling material, renewable energy and CO2 to demonstrate the opration of this systems at the regional and local scale.

MSc Urbanism Group Project Mona zum Felde, Junzhong Chen, Alejandra Quezada and Susanne van Rijn Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, The Netherlands

MSc2 -3 rd Quarter [February - April 2017] TU DELFT

Anlaysis of municipalities of the AMA to identify potential waste and energy interdependencies region.

Schematic energy and waste flow section at the metropolitan scale

Vision Map for the AMA. Clusters of energy or waste production can be a source to satisfy demands on the region and create synergies between municipalities.

Cluster Analysis. This case presents heat production excess,manufacturing industries (waste production) and territory for wind production

Strategies for Key Project [Following Trash]

Key Project Following Trash Waste and energy flow system Circuit connecting facilities that produce heat waste, industries (waste production) and public spaces. Industries exchange useful waste, heat residues are transported to community distributors that also serve as waste collecting spots.

Atmospheric View Waste and energy flow system