Delegating, not returning, to the biosphere: How to use the multi-scalar and ecological properties of cities

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 823-834

  Sassen, Saskia ^a   Dotan, Natan ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegating; In between space; Knowledge; Rupture; Sustainability; Third natures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOSPHERE; CORRECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEAT ISLAND; INNOVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79960033273     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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