Managing the megacity for global sustainability: The New York Metropolitan Region as an urban biosphere reserve

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1023, Issue , 2004, Pages 125-141

  Alfsen Norodom, Christine ^a   Boehme, Susan E ^b   Clemants, Steven ^c   Corry, Melody ^a   Imbruce, Valerie ^d   Lane, Benjamin D ^a   Miller, Roberta Balstad ^a   Padoch, Christine ^d   Panero, Marta ^b   Peters, Charles M ^d   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a   Solecki, William ^e   Walsh, Daniel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere reserves; Ecological footprint; Environmental governance; Industrial ecology; Megacities; Urban agriculture; Urban ecosystems; World network of biosphere reserves

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3242704865     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1319.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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