Anthropogenic metabolism

Anthropogenic metabolism

Anthropogenic metabolism is a term used in material flow analysis, substance flow analysis and waste management. It covers not only the physiological metabolism but also includes the thousands of goods and substances necessary to sustain modern life. "Anthropogenic" stands for man-made. The "anthroposphere" is the sphere in which human activities take place, sometimes called technosphere or biosphere. Today, the most important man-made material flows are due to activities such as cleaning, transporting, residing and communicating. These activities were of little metabolic significance in prehistoric times. [Brunner Paul H. and Rechberger H. (2002) [http://www.iwa.tuwien.ac.at/htmd2264/publikat/aws-publikationen/Publikationen/2001/Anthropogenic%20Metabolism%20and%20Environmental%20Legacies.pdf Anthropogenic Metabolism and Environmental Legacies] in "Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change" (ISBN 0-471-97796-9)]

References

* Baccini, Peter and Brunner, Paul H., Metabolism of the Anthroposphere, Springer, 1991, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York, (ISBN 978-3-540-53778-6)


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