{"id":11077,"date":"2025-07-16T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularports.vlaanderen-circulair.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=11077"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:57:34","slug":"metabolism-of-cities","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/publication\/metabolism-of-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Metabolism of Cities network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb_text_column\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Originally started as a side project,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Metabolism of Cities<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>has over the years grown into a network of websites, backed by a non-profit (Brussels, Belgium), and run by different communities consisting primarily of volunteers. By providing an open source, community-led platform,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Metabolism of Cities<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>aims to improve the collection, sharing, and analysis of urban metabolism data and tools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As a non-profit,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Metabolism of Cities<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>seeks to support the initiatives that are set up by the community. These initiatives, listed in our<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/projects\/\">Projects<\/a>\u00a0section, can vary from a short-term exhibition, to a multi-year effort to catalogue and share data. Some projects involve on-the-ground intervention, whereas others revolve primarily around a digital platform. Some of the signature platforms run by<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Metabolism of Cities<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>include a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/data.metabolismofcities.org\/\">Data Hub<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/library.metabolismofcities.org\/\">Library<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.metabolismofcities.org\/\">Education Hub<\/a>, and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.metabolismofcities.org\/\">Multimedia Library<\/a>. Some key \u201con the ground\u201d, in-person projects include a set of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/projects\/masterclass-designing-with-flows\/\">Master classes<\/a>, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/projects\/urban-metabolism-minorities\/\">Urban Metabolism &amp; Minorities<\/a>\u00a0project, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/projects\/seminarseries\/\">Seminar series<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/projects\/cityloops\/\">CityLoops project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 icon_atright\" href=\"https:\/\/metabolismofcities.org\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">To the website<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open source, community-led platform, Metabolism of Cities aims to improve the collection, sharing, and analysis of urban metabolism data and tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8453,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"content-type":[215],"port-type":[],"type-of-practice":[],"subject":[676],"port_locations":[622,624],"class_list":["post-11077","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-website","subject-urban-metabolism","port_locations-belgium","port_locations-brussels"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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