Supporting urban planning of low-carbon precincts: Integrated demand forecasting

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5289-5318

  Lehmann, Steffen ^a   Zaman, Atiq U ^a   Devlin, John ^a   Holyoak, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated demand forecasting; Low carbon precinct; Performance indicators; Resource management; Waste diversion rate; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84894080855     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5125289     Document Type: Article

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