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Understanding Urban Metabolism : A Tool for Urban Planning.

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2015Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (257 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317658665
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 307.1/216
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Innehåll:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures, tables and plates -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- PART I Introduction -- 1 Urban metabolism -- 2 Decision support tools for urban planning -- 3 The BRIDGE approach -- PART II Measurements and modelling of physical flows -- 4 Physical fluxes in the urban environment -- 5 Environmental measurements in BRIDGE case studies -- 6 Use of Earth Observation to support urban modelling parameterization in BRIDGE -- 7 Meso-scale meteorological models in the urban context -- 8 Urban air quality models -- 9 Urban energy budget models -- 10 Urban water balance and hydrology models to support sustainable urban planning -- 11 Urban carbon budget modelling -- PART III The socioeconomic components -- 12 The use of communities of practice to involve stakeholders in the decision support system design -- 13 Collection of socio-economic data and indicators for urban integrated modelling -- 14 Combining environmental and socio-economic data -- PART IV The BRIDGE DSS -- 15 The BRIDGE impact assessment framework -- 16 The BRIDGE Decision Support System -- 17 Decision making under uncertainty: use of foresight for assessing planning alternatives -- 18 Guidelines for urban sustainable development -- PART V Conclusions -- 19 Conclusions -- Index -- List of Plates.
Sammanfattning: 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.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures, tables and plates -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- PART I Introduction -- 1 Urban metabolism -- 2 Decision support tools for urban planning -- 3 The BRIDGE approach -- PART II Measurements and modelling of physical flows -- 4 Physical fluxes in the urban environment -- 5 Environmental measurements in BRIDGE case studies -- 6 Use of Earth Observation to support urban modelling parameterization in BRIDGE -- 7 Meso-scale meteorological models in the urban context -- 8 Urban air quality models -- 9 Urban energy budget models -- 10 Urban water balance and hydrology models to support sustainable urban planning -- 11 Urban carbon budget modelling -- PART III The socioeconomic components -- 12 The use of communities of practice to involve stakeholders in the decision support system design -- 13 Collection of socio-economic data and indicators for urban integrated modelling -- 14 Combining environmental and socio-economic data -- PART IV The BRIDGE DSS -- 15 The BRIDGE impact assessment framework -- 16 The BRIDGE Decision Support System -- 17 Decision making under uncertainty: use of foresight for assessing planning alternatives -- 18 Guidelines for urban sustainable development -- PART V Conclusions -- 19 Conclusions -- Index -- List of Plates.

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.

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