Sustainable urban metabolism [electronic resource] / Paulo Ferrao and John E. Fernandez.

By: Ferrao, Paulo, 1962-Contributor(s): Fernandez, John, 1963- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013Description: xiii, 244 p. : illISBN: 9780262316958 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sustainable urban development | City planning | Urban ecology (Sociology) | GlobalizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.1/216 LOC classification: HT166 | .F378 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Urban metabolism: defining a field -- Industrial ecology: a metaphor for sustainable development -- Urban metabolism: resource consumption of cities -- Intellectual foundations and key insights -- Industrial ecology: a framework -- Industrial ecology: a framework of tools and practices -- Industrial ecology tools applied to urban resource management -- Sustainable urban systems -- Green urban policies and development -- Urban typologies: prospects and indicators -- Complexity and dynamics of urban systems -- Integrated approaches to sustainable urban metabolism -- Mapping and assessing urban metabolism -- Urban metabolism in practice: case studies from the developed world -- The challenge of urban metabolism in a developing context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban metabolism: defining a field -- Industrial ecology: a metaphor for sustainable development -- Urban metabolism: resource consumption of cities -- Intellectual foundations and key insights -- Industrial ecology: a framework -- Industrial ecology: a framework of tools and practices -- Industrial ecology tools applied to urban resource management -- Sustainable urban systems -- Green urban policies and development -- Urban typologies: prospects and indicators -- Complexity and dynamics of urban systems -- Integrated approaches to sustainable urban metabolism -- Mapping and assessing urban metabolism -- Urban metabolism in practice: case studies from the developed world -- The challenge of urban metabolism in a developing context.

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