A territorial diagnostic of the french region Pays de la Loire through the prism of energy metabolism

The central focus of the research is on conducting a societal metabolism approach to the region of Pays de la Loire in France. For doing so, the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) methodology is used where fund variables such as human activity and land use are correlated over flow variables, such as energy and gross added value following the theoretical framework of Georgescu-Roegen [1]. Thereafter the feasibility, viability and desirability of current development patterns for the region are questioned to be able to transition into alternative scenarios.