The energy and mass balance of Los Angeles County

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-139

  Ngo, N S ^a,b   Pataki, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Greenhouse gas emissions; Urban metabolism; Water imports

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249096731     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0051-1     Document Type: Article

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