Energy and material flows of megacities

• Main Authors: Kennedy, Christopher A., Stewart, Iain, Facchini, Angelo, Cersosimo, Igor, Mele, Renata, Chen, Bin, Uda, Mariko, Kansal, Arun, Chiu, Anthony S.F., Kim, Kwi Gon, Dubeux, Carolina, La Rovere, Emilio Lebre, Cunha, Bruno, Pincetl, Stephanie, Keirstead, James, Barles, Sabine, Pusaka, Semerdanta, Gunawan, Juniati, Adegbile, Michael, Nazariha, Mehrdad, Hoque, Shamsul, Marcotullio, Peter J., Otharán, Florencia González, Genena, Tarek, Ibrahim, Nadine, Farooqui, Rizwan, Cervantes, Gemma, Sahin, Ahmet Duran
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Industrial ecology; Sustainability; Urbanization > Environmental aspects; Industrial Technology; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3511; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4513/type/native/viewcontent/pnas.1504315112
• Institution: De La Salle University

Understanding the drivers of energy and material flows of cities is important for addressing global environmental challenges. Accessing, sharing, and managing energy and material resources is particularly critical for megacities, which face enormous social stresses because of their sheer size and co...