Are people responsive to a more sustainable, decentralized, and user-driven management of urban metabolism?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chelleri, Lorenzo ^a   Kua, Harn Wei ^b   Sánchez, Juan Pablo Rodríguez ^c   Md Nahiduzzaman, Kh ^d   Thondhlana, Gladman ^e  

^a GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Bogot ; Change actor; Energy saving; Green infrastructure; People centered approach; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; Sustainability transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961938091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8030275     Document Type: Article

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