Water - and nutrient and energy - systems in urbanizing watersheds

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 596-611

  Villarroel Walker, Rodrigo ^a   Beck, Michael Bruce ^a   Hall, Jim W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cities; climate change; energy sector; nutrient sector; resource recovery; systems analysis; water foodenergy security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868035798     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-012-0445-4     Document Type: Article

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