Distinguishing ecological engineering from environmental engineering

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-407

  Allen, T F H ^a   Giampietro, M ^b   Little, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beavers; Complex systems thinking; Ecological engineering; Hierarchy theory; Multiple scales; Rosen; Self organization

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; SELF ORGANIZATION;

CASTORIDAE;

EID: 0346599166     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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