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001 2014006866
003 DLC
005 20150815081130.0
008 140310s2015 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014006866
020 $a9780415835114 (hardback)
020 $z9781315765846 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHT241$b.U58 2015
082 00 $a307.1/216$223
084 $aARC010000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aUnderstanding urban metabolism :$ba tool for urban planning /$cedited by Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Eduardo Anselmo de Castro and Eddy J. Moors.
264 1 $aAbingdon, Oxon : New York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2015.
300 $axv, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$bcolor illustrations, color maps ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Understanding Urban Metabolism closes the gap between the bio-physical sciences and urban planning and illustrates the advantages of accounting for urban metabolism issues in urban design decisions. Urban Metabolism considers a city as a system, and distinguishes between energy and material flows as its components. Based on research from the BRIDGE project, this book deals with the exchanges and transformation of energy, water, carbon and pollutants and introduces a new method for evaluating how planning alternatives can modify the physical flows of urban metabolism components and how environmental and socioeconomic components interact. The inclusion of sustainability principles into urban planning provides an opportunity to place the new knowledge provided by bio-physical sciences at the centre of the planning process, but there is a strong need for closing the gap between knowledge and practice, as well as a better dissemination of research results and exchange of best practice. This book meets that need and provides the reader with the tools they need to integrate an understanding of urban metabolism into urban planning practice"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSustainable urban development.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aHuman ecology.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aChrysoulakis, Nektarios.
700 1 $aCastro, Eduardo Anselmo de.
700 1 $aMoors, Eddy J.