Urban self-sufficiency through optimised ecosystem service demand. A utopian perspective from European cities

Futures

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-23

  Rodriguez Rodriguez D ^a,d   Kain, J H ^a   Haase, D ^b   Baro F ^c   Kaczorowska, A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

City; Demand; Ecosystem service; Europe; Self sufficiency; Utopian scenario

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF SUFFICIENCY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84928886407     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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