Carbon Footprint and the Industrial Life Cycle From Urban Planning to Recycling /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Álvarez Fernández, Roberto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zubelzu, Sergio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Martínez, Rodrigo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Green Energy and Technology,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Electric power production.; Waste management.; Sustainable development.; Pollution prevention.; Sustainable Development.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Technology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.

This book analyzes the relationship between large-scale industrial activity and the carbon footprint, and provides a theoretical framework and tools to calculate the carbon footprint of industrial activities at every stage of their life cycles, including urban-planning master plans, recycling activi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Sustainability and urban planning
• 2 Methodology for calculating industrial carbon footprints
• 3 Industrial activity categories and urban master plan
• 4 Characterization of industrial GHG emission sources in an urban planning context
• 5 Carbon footprint calculation and industrial urban planning procedures
• 5.1 Potable water infrastructure
• 5.2 Waste water management infrastructure
• 5.3 Electricity supply infrastructure
• 5.4 Gas supply infrastructure
• 5.5 Waste management infrastructure
• 5.6 Transport infrastructure. - 6 Metrics for the Sustainability of Infrastructure Projects
• 7 Modelling a Low-Carbon City: Eco-City and Eco-Planning
• Tools for Urban Sustainability Designers
• 9 Urban planning policy implications
• 10 Case Study
• 11 Case study
• 12 Conclusions and further recommendations.