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The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization
(2018)
The report presents the first assessment of the resources required at a global scale for the coming wave of urbanization. Using material flow analysis, the analysis of urban form and city organization, the assessment of ...
Scaled-Up Investments in Sustainable Cities Crucial for Resource Efficiency and Poverty Eradication
(2013)
Greening city infrastructure can sustain economic growth while using fewer resources
City-level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Factsheet
(2013)
Global economic production is now concentrated in cities. Some 80% of global GDP is produced in cities on just 2% of the land surface, though cities depend on the flow of resources from near and far. Cities have been growing ...