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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures, tables and plates; Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I Introduction; 1 Urban metabolism; 2 Decision support tools for urban planning; 3 The BRIDGE approach; PART II Measurements and modelling of physical flows; 4 Physical fluxes in the urban environment; 5 Environmental measurements in BRIDGE case studies; 6 Use of Earth Observation to support urban modelling parameterization in BRIDGE; 7 Meso-scale meteorological models in the urban context; 8 Urban air quality models; 9 Urban energy budget models |
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10 Urban water balance and hydrology models to support sustainable urban planning11 Urban carbon budget modelling; PART III The socioeconomic components; 12 The use of communities of practice to involve stakeholders in the decision support system design; 13 Collection of socio-economic data and indicators for urban integrated modelling; 14 Combining environmental and socio-economic data; PART IV The BRIDGE DSS; 15 The BRIDGE impact assessment framework; 16 The BRIDGE Decision Support System; 17 Decision making under uncertainty: use of foresight for assessing planning alternatives |
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18 Guidelines for urban sustainable developmentPART V Conclusions; 19 Conclusions; Index; List of Plates |
| Summary |
Understanding Urban Metabolism addresses the gap between the bio-physical sciences and urban planning and illustrates the advantages of accounting for urban metabolism issues in urban design decisions. Urban metabolism considers a city as a system, and distinguishes between energy and material flows as its components. Based on research from the BRIDGE project, this book deals with how the urban surface exchanges and transforms energy, water, carbon and pollutants in cities. This book also introduces a new method for evaluating how planning alternatives can modify the physical flows of urban me |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable urban development.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Human ecology.
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human ecology.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Human ecology
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Sustainable urban development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chrysoulakis, Nektarios.
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Castro, Eduardo Anselmo de.
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Moors, Eddy J.
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| ISBN |
9781317658665 |
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1317658663 |
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9781315765846 |
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1315765845 |
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132209408X |
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9781322094083 |
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9781317658641 |
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1317658647 |
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9781317658658 |
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1317658655 |
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