Theoretical Model for Urban Sustainability Planning Based on Metabolic Concepts

Abstract

In response to the core issue of how urban land planning can promote the level of sustainability, this paper takes the perspective of urban land change and draws on the requirements of the metabolic model in sociology. It takes the indicators of urban land planning and allocation as the core of regulation and constructs a theoretical model for urban sustainability planning in three dimensions: urban social, economic, and ecological environment. In the urban life support system, nine resource subsystems including land, water, atmosphere, population, transportation, energy, cultural tourism, basic supporting facilities, and public service facilities are constructed. At the same time, an empirical technical concept composed of a interdisciplinary quantitative model group is provided, aiming to provide ideas for the theoretical and empirical technology of urban sustainability planning.