Emergy-based urban health evaluation and development pattern analysis

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2291-2301

  Liu, G Y ^a   Yang, Z F ^a   Chen, B ^a   Ulgiati, S ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy evaluation; Urban development mode; Urban ecosystem health

Indexed keywords

DRIVEN MODE; DRIVING MECHANISM; ECONOMIC LEVEL; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH LEVEL; EMERGY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOUR QUADRANT; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; INTERACTION ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; INTRINSIC DIFFERENCES; LIMITING FACTORS; MAJOR CITIES; PATTERN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HIERARCHY; TWO SECTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEALTH; WIN-WIN;

HEALTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68349131498     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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