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The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

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  • Jean-Baptiste Bahers

    (ESO - Espaces et Sociétés - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UM - Le Mans Université - UA - Université d'Angers - AGROCAMPUS OUEST - UR2 - Université de Rennes 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IGARUN - Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes, IRSTV - Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville - FR 2488 - UA - Université d'Angers - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - ENSA Nantes - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes - ULR - La Rochelle Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Paula Higuera

    (LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes, IRSTV - Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville - FR 2488 - UA - Université d'Angers - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - ENSA Nantes - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes - ULR - La Rochelle Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Anne Ventura

    (IRSTV - Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville - FR 2488 - UA - Université d'Angers - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - ENSA Nantes - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes - ULR - La Rochelle Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Gustave Eiffel)

  • Nicolas Antheaume

    (LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes, IRSTV - Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville - FR 2488 - UA - Université d'Angers - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - ENSA Nantes - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes - ULR - La Rochelle Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The concept of island metabolism strives to implement the principles of social ecology at the island scale. It is, therefore, a question of analyzing the flows of materials and energy passing through these territories, as well as the resource base needed to sustain their activities. We propose to develop a nexus approach to the New Caledonian island metabolism to understand the interactions between biophysical structures and societal, as well as economic, activities. Metals, construction minerals, and energy are good symbols of economies based on the extraction of non-renewable resources. This is why, in this article, we sought to investigate how the "metal-energy-construction mineral" nexus can affect the resilience and metabolic sustainability of the extractive island of New Caledonia. We carried out the Material and Energy Flow Analysis (MEFA) of each nexus subsystem for 2016 and of the nodes of interdependence. We also interrogated the role of importing countries because the island's metabolism is dominated by the nickel extraction industry. Indeed, the metabolic profile of this island corresponds to the one of a supply territory for other consumption territories. The latter outsource the impacts of their own consumption to New Caledonia. Finally, based on interviews with economic stakeholders, we studied the potential building blocks for the emergence of an industrial symbiosis in the nexus

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  • Jean-Baptiste Bahers & Paula Higuera & Anne Ventura & Nicolas Antheaume, 2020. "The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia," Post-Print hal-02507504, HAL.
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    DOI: 10.3390/su12062191
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