METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL METABOLISM OF CITIES

Urban energy systems are subject to the intense and multidirectional influence of a variety of technical, environmental, economic, social and cultural factors. The task of effective strategic planning of urbanized territories is one of the most important challenges facing our civilization in the 21st century. The key to solving this problem lies in the development of an interdisciplinary and scientifically based approach to the analysis of urban metabolism from the standpoint of energy efficiency and environmental safety. There are not many scientific papers on urban energy in the field of urban planning. More often, attention is paid to social, cultural, economic, environmental or transport aspects. At the same time, the shortage of electrical and thermal capacities in a number of Russian cities, high wear of utility networks, problems with the removal and effective disposal of waste leads to the need for a systematic approach to analyze the energy flows of the city and the associated environmental damage. This article analyzes the enlarged energy indicators of megacities of the world with the development of a methodological approach to the study of the energy-ecological metabolism of the city.