Smarter urban metabolism: Earth systems re-engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Bruce Beck, M ^a   Walker, Rodrigo Villarroel ^a   Thompson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Business; Infrastructure planning; Waste management disposal

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CASE-STUDIES; EARTH SYSTEMS; FLOW OF ENERGY; FLOW OF MATERIAL; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS; SYSTEM RE-ENGINEERING; URBAN METABOLISMS; WATER-BASED SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897880628     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.12.00038     Document Type: Article

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