Efficiency Through Proximity: Changes in Phosphorus Cycling at the Urban-Agricultural Interface of a Rapidly Urbanizing Desert Region

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 914-927

  Metson, Geneviève ^a,b   Aggarwal, Rimjhim ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Industrial ecology; Manure; Phoenix; Sustainability; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ARID CLIMATES; ARIZONA , USA; BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CROPPING PATTERNS; DAIRY COW; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FOOD SYSTEM; HUMAN WASTE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS; MARKET FORCES; METROPOLITAN AREA; P CYCLING; PHOENIX; PHOSPHORUS CYCLING; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; TREATED WASTEWATER; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; MANURES; PHOSPHORUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALFALFA; BIOSOLID; CATTLE; COTTON; DAIRY FARMING; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MANURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RUNOFF; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

BOS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84871109023     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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