Urban infrastructure and natural resource flows: Evidence from Cape Town

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 839-845

  Hyman, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Resource flows; Socio technical system; Urban infrastructure; Urban transitions

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE FLOWS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CITY; DECOUPLING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOLID WASTE; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

DECOUPLING; RESOURCE FLOWS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSITIONS;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84881231598     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.099     Document Type: Article

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