'Biosensitive' cities-a conceptual framework for integrative understanding of the health of people and planetary ecosystems

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-384

  Schandl, Heinz ^a,b   Boyden, Stephen ^c   Capon, Anthony ^d   Hosking, Karin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOITATION; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84867631376     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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