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The boundaries of urban metabolism: Towards a political-industrial ecology
This paper considers the limits and potential of ‘urban metabolism’ to conceptualize city processes. Three ‘ecologies’ of urban metabolism have emerged. Each privileges a particular dimension of urban space, shaped…
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Infrastructure ecology: An evolving paradigm for sustainable urban development
Increasing urbanization places cities at the forefront of achieving global sustainability. For cities to become more sustainable, however, the infrastructure on which they rely must also become more productive, efficient…
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Resilience and complexity: A bibliometric review and prospects for Industrial Ecology
Resilience is an increasingly popular concept in academic research and public discourse and is closely connected to complex systems theory. This article reviews research on resilience and complexity in industrial…
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The “geographic benchmark” model: A baseline approach to measuring emissions associated with deforestation and forest degradation
This paper proposes a new land-change model, the Geographic Emission Benchmark (GEB), as an approach to quantify land-cover changes associated with deforestation and forest degradation. The GEB is designed to…
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A political-industrial ecology of water supply infrastructure for Los Angeles
This paper develops a political-industrial ecology approach to explore the urban water metabolism of Los Angeles. Conventional approaches to quantify urban carbon footprints tend to “black box” methodologies that guide…
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Urban green space, public health and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens provide critical ecosystem services, as well as promote physical activity, psychological well-being, and the general public health…
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“Story-Networks” of livestock and climate change: Actors, their artifacts, and the shaping of urban print media
Despite widespread media coverage of livestock-related issues and growing scientific evidence linking meat production and climate change, systematic content analysis of this relationship in media coverage has been surprisingly minimal.…
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Russia’s forests in a global economy: how consumption drives environmental change
Using production and trade flow data from 1946 to 2012, this paper assesses the state of Russia’s forest resources and demonstrates how sweeping changes ushered in by perestroika and globalization…
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Factors predicting the capacity of Los Angeles-region recreation programs to promote energy expenditure
While literature describes the influence of parks on physical activity, and identifies factors contributing to park utilization, little work has been done researching the availability of recreation resources within parks.…
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Green alley programs: Planning for a sustainable urban infrastructure
This article analyzes alley greening programs in seven cities in the United States using the lens of sustainability planning. Study results indicate that most alley greening programs are narrowly oriented…