A review of modelling approaches and tools for the simulation of district-scale energy systems

J Allegrini, K Orehounig, G Mavromatidis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of modelling approaches and associated software tools
that address district-level energy systems. Buildings play an important role in urban energy …

Defining and advancing a systems approach for sustainable cities

X Bai, A Surveyer, T Elmqvist, FW Gatzweiler… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The sustainable development of cities is increasingly recognized as crucial to meeting
collectively agreed sustainability goals at local, regional and global scales, and more …

[HTML][HTML] Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review

A Sharifi, Y Yamagata - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Between 60% and 80% of global energy is consumed in urban areas and given the
projected increase in world׳ s urban population, this share is expected to further increase in …

Sustainability in an urbanizing planet

KC Seto, JS Golden, M Alberti… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Sustainability science is use-inspired fundamental research that links knowledge to action
such that meeting the needs of society can be balanced with sustaining the life support …

Energy and material flows of megacities

CA Kennedy, I Stewart, A Facchini… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the drivers of energy and material flows of cities is important for addressing
global environmental challenges. Accessing, sharing, and managing energy and material …

[图书][B] Beyond mobility: Planning cities for people and places

R Cervero, E Guerra, S Al - 2017 - books.google.com
Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around
quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured …

A review of uncertainty characterisation approaches for the optimal design of distributed energy systems

G Mavromatidis, K Orehounig, J Carmeliet - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy models are valuable tools that are commonly employed for the optimal design of
distributed energy systems (DES). However, the model-based design process of DES can …

Characterizing the magnitude, timing and duration of urban growth from time series of Landsat-based estimates of impervious cover

XP Song, JO Sexton, C Huang, S Channan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics of land-change processes in urban areas requires long-term
land cover and land use data at high spatial and temporal resolution. Extending an …

Urban versus conventional agriculture, taxonomy of resource profiles: a review

B Goldstein, M Hauschild, J Fernández… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Urban agriculture appears to be a means to combat the environmental pressure of
increasing urbanization and food demand. However, there is hitherto limited knowledge of …

[HTML][HTML] Urban energy systems within the transition to sustainable development. A research agenda for urban metabolism

JR Carréon, E Worrell - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …