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020 _a9780262019361
082 _a307.1412
_bFER
100 _aFerrao, Paulo
_952989
245 _aSustainable urban metabolism
260 _aCambridge
_bMit Press Ltd
_c2013
300 _axiii,244p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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700 _aFernandez, John E.
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890 _aUK
891 _aFP
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