Metzger,+Alex

== =**Alex Metzger**=

====I am a master's student in Natural Resources Analysis and Assessment at NC State University and Forestry at the University of Helsinki, Finland through the Atlantis Transatlantic Dual-Degree Master's Programme. I expect to graduate in the Spring of 2012 from both universities.====

====My thesis project is an urban metabolism analysis of three counties in the North Carolina Triangle region; Durham, Orange, and Wake. Urban metabolism is a method of describing the internal processes that maintain and expand a system through analyzing flows of resources entering and the wastes exiting an urban ecosystem. One of my focuses in this study is to assess the effectiveness of urban metabolism analysis and suggest ways in which it can better approach the larger issue of urban sustainability. ====