Reconstructing the Energy History of a City: Melbourne's Population, Urban Development, Energy Supply and Use from 1973 to 2005

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 862-874

  Baynes, Timothy M ^a   Bai, Xuemei ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data modeling; Energy accounting; Energy policy; Industrial ecology; Time series; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS REPORTING; ENERGY ACCOUNTING; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFORMED DECISION; MATERIAL FLOW; MELBOURNE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; RESOURCE USE; TIME-PERIODS; TIME-SERIES DATA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ENERGY;

DATA STRUCTURES; ENERGY POLICY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME SERIES; URBAN GROWTH;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SERIES; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84871109352     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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