New book aims to pin down just how many resources cities consume, in the hopes of establishing a

New book aims to pin down just how many resources cities consume, in the hopes of establishing a holistic framework for producing an environmental balance sheet for every city. More: http://mitne.ws/1f1wIHJ architecture  sustainability 

(Graphic: Two representations of cities, defined by the resources they consume: An energy-intensive city on the left, and a material-intensive city on the right. Courtesy of MIT Press)