Sustainability and Chinese Urban Settlements: Extending the Metabolism Model of Emergy Evaluation

Sustainability and Chinese Urban Settlements: Extending the Metabolism Model of Emergy Evaluation

Anthropogenic activity interacts with urban form and inner metabolic processes, ultimately impacting urban sustainability. China’s cities have experienced many environmental issues and metabolic disturbances since the nation-wide market-oriented “reform and opening-up” policy was adopted in the 1980...

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Main Authors: Lijie Gao, Shenghui Cui, Dewei Yang, Lina Tang, Jonathan Vause, Lishan Xiao, Xuanqi Li, Longyu Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
urban metabolism
settlement-level planning
emergy
housing reform
sustainability indicators
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/5/459

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