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@article{reference_tag,
  author = "Josephine Kaviti Musango and Paul Currie and Blake Robinson",
  title = "Urban Metabolism for Resource-Efficient Cities: from Theory to Implementation",
  year = 2017,url = "https://resourceefficientcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Urban-Metabolism-for-Resource-Efficient-Cities.pdf",
  abstract = "This report is a review of urban resource assessment tools that can guide a city-level resource efficiency transition, using urban metabolism assessment as the guiding framework. This study was the outcome of a collaboration between the Sustainability Institute (www.sustainabilityinstitute.net) and UN Environment (www.unep.org) under the framework of the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (www.resourceefficientcities.org).",
}

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T1 - Urban Metabolism for Resource-Efficient Cities: from Theory to Implementation
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Y1 - 2017
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N2 - This report is a review of urban resource assessment tools that can guide a city-level resource efficiency transition, using urban metabolism assessment as the guiding framework. This study was the outcome of a collaboration between the Sustainability Institute (www.sustainabilityinstitute.net) and UN Environment (www.unep.org) under the framework of the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (www.resourceefficientcities.org).
ER - 

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2017

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  • Josephine Kaviti Musango
  • Paul Klugman Currie

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Urban Metabolism for Resource-Efficient Cities: from Theory to Implementation

This report is a review of urban resource assessment tools that can guide a city-level resource efficiency transition, using urban metabolism assessment as the guiding framework. This study was the outcome of a collaboration between the Sustainability Institute (www.sustainabilityinstitute.net) and UN Environment (www.unep.org) under the framework of the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (www.resourceefficientcities.org).

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  • Agent-based modelling (ABM)
  • Ecological Footprint (EF)
  • Economy-Wide Material Flow Analysis (EW-MFA)
  • Emergy Analysis
  • Input-Output Analysis (IOA)
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Physical Input-Output Table (PIOT)
  • Substance Flow Analysis (SFA)
  • Urban

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