Sustainable urban metabolism as a link between bio-physical sciences and urban planning: The BRIDGE project

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-117

  Chrysoulakis, Nektarios ^a   Lopes, Myriam ^b   San José, Roberto ^c   Grimmond, Christine Susan Betham ^d   Jones, Mike B ^e   Magliulo, Vincenzo ^f   Klostermann, Judith E M ^g   Synnefa, Afroditi ^h   Mitraka, Zina ^a   Castro, Eduardo A ⁱ   González, Ainhoa ^e   Vogt, Roland ^j   Vesala, Timo ^k   Spano, Donatella ^l   Pigeon, Gregoire ^m   Freer Smith, Peter ⁿ   Staszewski, Tomasz ^o   Hodges, Nick ^p   Mills, Gerald ^q   Cartalis, Constantinos ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^m CNRS   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^o Instytut Ekologii Terenów Uprzemys owionych   (Poland)

^p NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Decision Support Systems; Flux measurements; Modelling; Multi criteria analysis; Urban metabolism; Urban planning alternatives

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; METABOLISM; MODELS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DECISION SUPPORTS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; URBAN METABOLISMS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON FLUX; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PLANNING PROCESS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; ENGLAND; FINLAND; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; GLIWICE; GREECE; HELSINKI; ITALY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; POLAND; SLASKIE; TUSCANY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84875275154     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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