Sustainable Urban Environment Model (SUEM) - by Gemma

Models of territory (top), urban metabolism (middle)
and diversity (bottom) by Gemma (work in progress)

Urban metabolism - "functioning of a model city to that of eco-systems, characterised by an inward flow feeding the internal processes, and by an outward one, constituted by the sink of wastes and emissions into surrounding environment, thus closing the cycle of metabolism. While eco-systems are closed-circular systems, where a network of negative feedbacks leads to a substantial "homeostasis", urban systems are instead energetically and materially open systems".

Diversity:
“variety of persons, creative chaos, cultural mix, network collaboration, multidisciplinary teams, polilandscaping, abundance, high degree of biodiversity, intergenerational communication and peace”