Materials flow analysis and emergy evaluation of Taipei's urban construction

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-74

  Huang, Shu Li ^a   Hsu, Wan Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergy evaluation; Material flows; Sustainability indicators; Urban construction; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLOOD CONTROL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS;

URBAN PLANNING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMERGY; RECYCLING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037445951     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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