Analyzing City Ecological Revitalization with Emphasis on City Metabolism

It would not be far-fetched to say that people''s lives depend on their environment and its quality. With growth of urbanization¡ this dependence is growing increasingly. Urbanization also makes economic and social development imbalance not only in the cities but also in the regional ecological organisms and the natural areas it is in touch with. In addition to these problems¡ there is disruption of water¡ air¡ soil and environment built on imbalances between urban areas and the lack of social vitality and frustration. All cities¡ especially metropolitans with developing economies face uncertainty in terms of health¡ environment¡ and quality of life. This article utilizes the ecological and environmental issues and integrates them with urban metabolism approaches to the study''s revival of urban ecology¡ something that results in enhanced quality of life for citizens. This research is the theoretical and analytical method. In the research process of this study¡ related domestic and foreign literature subsequently of traditional and electronic library resources¡ books and articles published in journals have been used. According to the type of research in this study¡ descriptive analysis was performed. Based on findings of this study¡ urban ecology is a tool to control and guide urban growth and activities in a way to improve quality of urban environment. Applying urban ecology in designing cities has provided opportunities to create practical ecological systems which by using them¡ natural process¡ human activities and urban environment could be combined. Moreover¡ urban metabolism as an indicator of urban sustainability and part of urban ecology is included two main related and non-contradictory approaches of odum and MFA. Due to difficulties which modern cities are faced with¡ benefiting and applying these approaches seems vital.