Dynamic modeling of Singapore's urban resource flows: Historical trends and sustainable scenario development

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abou Abdo, Tamas ^a   Davis, Noel R ^a   Krones, Jonathan S ^b   Welling, Karen N ^a   Fernández, John E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Resource Efficiency; Singapore; System Dynamics; Urban Metabolism

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELING; HISTORICAL TRENDS; METABOLIC PROCESS; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE FLOWS; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SINGAPORE; STOCKS AND FLOWS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN METABOLISM;

PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEM THEORY; WATER RESOURCES;

METABOLISM;

EID: 79960746314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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