Ecological and urban systems models: Some explorations of similarities in the context of complexity theory

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 633-646

  Wilson, Alan G ^a,b  

^a Department of Education and Skills ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 33646853512     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37102     Document Type: Article

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