Reshaping Urban Infrastructure: Material Flow Analysis and Transitions Analysis in an Urban Context

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 789-800

  Hodson, Mike ^a,b   Marvin, Simon ^c   Robinson, Blake ^d   Swilling, Mark ^d  

^a Centre for Sustainable Urban Futures (SURF)   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cities; Industrial ecology; Infrastructure; Metabolism; Technological; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

CITIES; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL; URBANISM;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAINTENANCE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84871156452     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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