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Sustainable Urban Metabolism

Sustainable Urban Metabolism( )
Author: Ferrao, Paulo
Fernandez, John E.
ISBN:978-0-262-01936-1
Publication Date:Aug 2013
Publisher:MIT Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $40.00
Book Description:

A unified framework for analyzing urban sustainability in terms of cities' inflows and outflows of matter and energy.

Urbanization and globalization have shaped the last hundred years. These two dominant trends are mutually reinforcing: globalization links countries through the networked communications of urban hubs. The urban population now generates more than eighty percent of global GDP. Cities account for enormous flows of energy and materials--inflows of goods and...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Political Science / Globalization
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.31 x 9.31 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:1.288 Pounds



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