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Sustainable urban metabolism
Title:
Sustainable urban metabolism
Author:
Ferrão, Paulo, 1962-
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xiii, 244 p. : ill.
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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