Seeking a unified urban systems theory

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 93, Issue , 2006, Pages 179-188

  Coelho, D ^a   Ruth, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Complex systems; Industrial ecology; Urban ecology; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; METABOLISM; URBAN SYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 36148933314     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SC060171     Document Type: Article

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