| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2015
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| Host editors |
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F. Savini
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S. Verschuuren
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W. Salet
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K. Raats
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| Book title |
Master studio urban planning 2014-2015: urban metabolism
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| Pages (from-to) |
14-27
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| Publisher |
Amsterdam: Department of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
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| Abstract |
With more than half of the world’s population and three quarters of its industrial production, cities are the primary consumers of resources such as water, food, and energy in the world. Although urban areas comprise only around 3% of the land surface of the earth, some estimates state that they use approximately 75% of the earth’s natural resources and emit 60 to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions (United Nations Environmental Programme, 2012). Mitigating the resource thirst of cities is therefore crucial to global sustainable development.
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| Document type |
Chapter
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| Language |
English
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| Related publication |
Master studio urban planning 2014-2015: urban metabolism
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