Ecological network and emergy analysis of urban metabolic systems: Model development, and a case study of four Chinese cities

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1431-1442

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Yu, Xiangyi ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chemical Registration Center of MEP   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Metabolic component analysis; Metabolic relationships; Urban metabolic pathways; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; METABOLIC COMPONENT ANALYSIS; METABOLIC RELATIONSHIPS; URBAN METABOLIC PATHWAYS; URBAN METABOLISM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

METABOLISM;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMERGY; METABOLISM; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 64949133994     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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