The use of the metabolism concept, expanded to include aspects of livability, is applied to cities to demonstrate the practical meaning of sustainability. Its application in industrial ecology, urban ecology, urban demonstration projects, business plans and city comparisons are used to illustrate its potential. # 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Robert C. Leachman • Jeenyoung Kang • Vincent Lin Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720–1777 IBM Korea, Inc., MMAA Building, Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea 467–12 Leachman and Associates LLC, 5870 Carmel Way, Union City, California 94587 [email protected] • [email protected] • vincent@leachma...

Niloofar Yousefi, Yunwen Lei , Marius Kloft Mansooreh Mollaghasemi and Georgios Anagnostopoulos Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong Department of Computer Science, Humboldt University of Berlin Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida Depar...

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School of Information and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Shandong, Qingdao, China 266000 School of mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China 310018 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Iowa Informatics Initiative, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1527, USA Arcada University of Applied Sciences, 00550 Hel...

1Department of Computer Engineering, Kyungnam University, 449 Wolyong-dong, Masan, Gyeongnam 631-701, South Korea 2Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA 3Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA 4Department of Computer Engineering, Changwon National U...

While striving to become the new economic power house of China and the East Asian region, Shanghai is undergoing a profound restructuring of its infrastructure and, more importantly, its physical form and appearance. Urban revival will in part rely on the successful redevelopment of the old central city where dilapidated housing and fragmented industrial use are no longer tolerable. Shanghai’s ...

Abstract Mass casualty incident (MCI) in industrial area is a definite threat that can result environmental damage and loss of property life. The causes MCI range from traffic accidents, fires, toxic gases terrorism. Paramedics, along with others emergency response team among the first to reach at scene provide aid. Preparation vital ensuring fast, effective efficient. objective study analyze r...