Integrating energy and land-use planning: Socio-metabolic profiles along the rural-urban continuum in Catalonia (Spain)

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 925-956

  Ariza Montobbio, Pere ^a,b   Farrell, Katharine N ^b,c   Gamboa, Gonzalo ^b   Ramos Martin, Jesus ^b,d  

^a FLACSO ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed energy generation; Electricity; Energy metabolism; Functional urban specialization; MuSIASEM; Renewable energy; Socio metabolic profiles

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE PLANNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SYSTEM;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84903637327     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9533-x     Document Type: Article

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