Analysis of sustainable materials used in ecovillages: Review of progress in BedZED and Masdar City

Journal Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science Edition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1004-1007

  Zhu, Dan ^a   Kung, Michael ^a   Whiteford, Bill ^a   Boswell Ebersole, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecovillage; Green supply chain; Reclaimed materials; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECO-VILLAGE; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN; MIDDLE EAST; RECLAIMED MATERIALS; RECYCLED MATERIALS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; UNITED KINGDOM;

PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84872690226     PISSN: 10002413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11595-012-0589-x     Document Type: Article

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