Following formative work in the 1970s, disappearance in the 1980s, and reemergence in the
1990s, a chronological review shows that the past decade has witnessed increasing interest …

Urban metabolism analysis has become an important tool for the study of urban ecosystems.
The problems of large metabolic throughput, low metabolic efficiency, and disordered …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to rethink the focus of the smart cities debate and to
open it to policymaking and strategy considerations. To this end, the origins of what is …

When Americans think of modern warfare, what comes to mind is the US army skirmishing
with terrorists and insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. But the face of global conflict …

The interconnection of urbanization trends and environmental pressures, are due to the
rising demand for resource consumption, waste production and greenhouses gas …

The concept of urban metabolism, referring to the exchange processes that produce the
urban environment, has inspired new ways of thinking about how cities can be made …

'Water is a brutal delineator of social power which has at various times worked to either
foster greater urban cohesion or generate new forms of political conflict'. In the paper which …

Anthropogenic pollution coming from industrial processes, agricultural practices and
consumer products, results in the release of toxic substances into rural and urban …

Infrastructure tells a material story of ongoing challenges in cities, reflecting the diverse,
normative desires of different communities. In this article we examine the introduction of …

The way we make sense of urban areas stands at a critical point. To reduce energy use in
cities, we need to manage the way energy flows into, through and out the city. This paper …