Assessment of sustainable energy of cities: A proposal of indicators

2011 World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, WCST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 32-35

  Zen, Aurora Carneiro ^a   Bianchi, André Luis ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cities; energy; indicators; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

CITIES; ENERGY; KEY INDICATOR; POLICY MAKERS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856151385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wcst19361.2011.6114233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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