On water security, sustainability, and the water-food-energy-climate nexus

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 626-639

  Beck, Michael Bruce ^a   Villarroel Walker, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cities as forces for good; diversity; energy and nutrient recovery; green economy; infrastructure failure; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884415852     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0548-6     Document Type: Review

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