Sustainable urban metabolism
Ferr�ao, Paulo, 1962-
Sustainable urban metabolism [electronic resource] / Paulo Ferr�ao and John E. Fern�andez. - 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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Sustainable urban development.
City planning.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Globalization.
Electronic books.
HT166 / .F378 2013eb
307.1/216
Sustainable urban metabolism [electronic resource] / Paulo Ferr�ao and John E. Fern�andez. - 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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Sustainable urban development.
City planning.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Globalization.
Electronic books.
HT166 / .F378 2013eb
307.1/216