Ecosystem health pattern analysis of urban clusters based on emergy synthesis: Results and implication for management

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 600-613

  Su, Meirong ^a   Fath, Brian D ^b,c   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Liu, Gengyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chinese urban cluster; Ecosystem health pattern; Emergy

Indexed keywords

CHINESE URBAN CLUSTER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; EMERGY; HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; REGIONAL PLANNING; WATER ANALYSIS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMERGY; GUIDELINE; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING METHOD; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84879500360     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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