Ferrao, Paulo, 1962-

Sustainable urban metabolism [electronic resource] / Paulo Ferrao and John E. Fernandez. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013. - xiii, 244 p. : ill.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780262316958 (electronic bk.)




Sustainable urban development.
City planning.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Globalization.


Electronic books.

HT166 / .F378 2013

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