Evaluation of urban ecological carrying capacity: A case study of Beijing, China

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1873-1880

  Xu, Linyu ^a   Kang, Peng ^a   Wei, Jinjin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; carrying capacity; gray relevant degree; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BEIJING; BEIJING , CHINA; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEVELOPING TREND; ECOLOGICAL CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL PRESSURE; EVALUATION METHOD; GRAY RELEVANT DEGREE; HIGH INTENSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-PROCESS; POTENTIAL ABILITY; SIGNIFICANT POINTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; THEORY AND METHODS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 79951786209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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