TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Yetano Roche, Maria
A1  - Lechtenböhmer, Stefan
A1  - Fischedick, Manfred
A1  - Gröne, Marie-Christine
A1  - Xia-Bauer, Chun
A1  - Dienst, Carmen
T1  - Concepts and methodologies for measuring the sustainability of cities
N2  - In recent decades, better data and methods have become available for understanding the complex functioning of cities and their impacts on sustainability. This review synthesizes the recent developments in concepts and methods being used to measure the impacts of cities on environmental sustainability. It differentiates between a dominant trend in research literature that concentrates on the accounting and allocation of greenhouse gas emissions and energy use to cities and a reemergence of studies that focus on the direct and indirect material and resource flows in cities. The methodological approaches reviewed may consider cities as either producers or consumers, and all recognize that urban environmental impacts can be local, regional, or global. As well as giving an overview of the methodological debates, we examine the implications of the different approaches for policy and the challenges these approaches face in their application on the field.
T2  - Annual review of environment and resources
VL  - 39
Y1  - 2014
UN  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-56074
U6  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-012913-101223
DO  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-012913-101223
N1  - Submitted version
SP  - 519
EP  - 547
ER  -