WIT Press


Emergy Flows And Sustainable Indicators: The Strategic Environmental Assessment For A Master Plan

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

72

Pages

8

Published

2004

Size

723 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SC040011

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

R.M. Pulselli, G.C. Magnoli & E.B.P. Tiezzi

Abstract

The dynamics we observe in human settlements, concerning many overlaid levels and dimensional scales, suggest the emergence of a new urban geography focussed on flows of energies and matter. Nowadays, these new practices are effectively desirable because they provide significant information about the dynamics occurring within a certain area and finally they can be practically involved in many processes of urban planning and territorial management. Furthermore, the appraisal of territorial sustainability is based on the information resulting from specific analysis and synthetic indicators, takin

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