Sustainable infrastructure and alternatives for Urban growth

Sustainability: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 141-172

  Pandit, Arka ^a,b   Jeong, Hyunju ^a,b   Crittenden, John C ^a,b   French, Steven P ^b   Xu, Ming ^c   Li, Ke ^d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

'Big pipe concept'; Best management practice (BMP); Bluebelt; Combined heat and power (CHP); Compact communities; Daylighting; Decentralized infrastructure; District heating and cooling; Energy infrastructure; Freshwater stress; Global population; Green landscaping; Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission; Greywater heat recovery; Indigenous landscape; Infrastructure; Interdependence; Land use; Light emitting diode (LED) lighting; Low flow fixtures; Low impact development (LID); On site wastewater treatment; Pervious pavements; Plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); Rainwater harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882630735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805103811201010141     Document Type: Chapter

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