Resource consumption and city size: A case study of Xiamen and implications for sustainable urbanisation

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-355

  Zhang, Guoqin ^a   Li, Xuanqi ^a   Zhao, Qianjun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

city size; resource consumption; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 77954931458     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2010.492715     Document Type: Article

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