Urban metabolism methodological advances in urban material flow accounting based on the lisbon case study

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 384-405

  Niza, Samuel ^a   Rosado, Leonardo ^b   Ferrdo, Paulo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Domestic material consumption (dmc); Industrial ecology; Material balance; Resource management; Sustainable city; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC MATERIAL CONSUMPTION (DMC); INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL BALANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE CITY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; METABOLISM; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE TREATMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650003382     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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