TY  - GEN
AU  - Ferrao, Paulo
AU  - Fernandez, John E.
TI  - Sustainable urban metabolism
SN  - 9780262019361
U1  - 307.1412 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Mit Press Ltd
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii 
Introduction ix
I	Urban Metabolism: Defining a Field 1
1	Industrial Ecology: A Metaphor for Sustainable Development 3
2	Urban Metabolism: Resource Consumption of Cities 23
3	Intellectual Foundations and Key Insights 43
II	Industrial Ecology: A Framework 65
4	Industrial Ecology: A Framework of Tools and Practices 67
5	Industrial Ecology as a Framework for a Sustainable Urban Metabolism 97
III	Sustainable Urban Systems 113
6	Green Urban Policies and Development 115
7	Urban Typologies: Prospects and Indicators 135
8	Complexity and Dynamics of Urban Systems 153
9	Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Urban Metabolism 165
IV	Mapping and Assessing Urban Metabolism 187
10	Urban Metabolism in Practice: Case Studies from Developed Countries 189
11	The Challenge of Urban Metabolism in a Developing Context 203
Epilogue 223 
Notes 225 
References 227 
Index 241


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