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Publications

The Nexus of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Biodiversity Impacts from Urban Metabolism

Christopher Kennedy, Shweta Singh
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2017

An Urban Approach to Planetary Boundaries

Azin Behdadi, Christopher Kennedy, Daniel A. Hoornweg, Mehdi Hosseini
Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment
Journal Article
2016

Metabolic heat production by human and animal populations in cities

Christopher Kennedy, Iain D. Stewart
International Journal of Biometeorology
Journal Article
2016

The Energy Structure of the Canadian Economy

Christian Bachmann, Christopher Kennedy
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2016

The energy metabolism of megacities

Angelo Facchini, Christopher Kennedy, Iain D. Stewart, Renata Mele
Applied Energy
Journal Article
2016

Energy and material flows of megacities

Ahmet Duran Sahin, Angelo Facchini, Anthony Chiu, Arun Kansal, Bin Chen, Bruno Cunha, Carolina Dubeux, Christopher Kennedy, Emilio Lebre La Rovere, Florencia González Otharán, Gemma Cervantes, Iain D. Stewart, Igor Cersosimo, James Keirstead, Juniati Gunawan, Kwi-gon Kim, Mariko Uda, Mehrdad Nazariha, Michael Adegbile, Nadine Ibrahim, Peter J. Marcotullio, Renata Mele, Rizwan U. Farooqui, Sabine Barles, Semerdanta Pusaka, Shamsul Hoque, Stephanie Pincetl, Tarek Genena
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Journal Article
2015

Developing a multi-layered indicator set for urban metabolism studies in megacities

Angelo Facchini, Christopher Kennedy, Iain D. Stewart, Nadine Ibrahim, Renata Mele
Ecological Indicators
Journal Article
2014

Metabolism of megacities: A review and synthesis of the literature

Angelo Facchini, Christopher Kennedy, Iain D. Stewart
Report
2014

Peak Waste: When is it Likely to Occur?

Christopher Kennedy, Daniel A. Hoornweg, Perinaz Bhada-Tata
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2014

Urban Metabolism and the Energy Stored in Cities

Christopher Kennedy, David Bristow
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2013

Comment on article 'Is there a metabolism of an urban ecosystem?' by Golubiewski

Christopher Kennedy
Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment
Journal Article
2012

Mainstreaming Urban Metabolism

Christopher Kennedy, Daniel A. Hoornweg
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2012

The study of urban metabolism and its applications to urban planning and design

Christopher Kennedy, Paul Bunje, Stephanie Pincetl
Environmental Pollution
Journal Article
2011

Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities

Anu Ramaswami, Aumad Phdungsilp, Barrie Gasson, Christopher Kennedy, Diane Pataki, Julia K. Steinberger, Luciano Villalba, Miroslav Havranek, Timothy Hillman, Yvonne Hansen
Energy Policy
Journal Article
2010

Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities

Anu Ramaswami, Aumad Phdungsilp, Barrie Gasson, Christopher Kennedy, Diane Pataki, Julia K. Steinberger, Luciano Villalba, Miroslav Havranek, Timothy Hillman, Yvonne Hansen
Environmental Science & Technology
Journal Article
2009

Metabolism of Neighborhoods

Christopher Kennedy, Natalia Codoban
Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Journal Article
2008

The Changing Metabolism of Cities

Christopher Kennedy
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal Article
2007

Estimating the urban metabolism of Canadian cities: Greater Toronto Area case study

Christopher Kennedy, Halla R. Sahely, Shauna Dudding
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Journal Article
2003

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Urban Metabolism lecture from Prof. Christopher Kennedy

Christopher Kennedy

Victoria, Canada

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