Nexus security: Governance, innovation and the resilient city

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 640-657

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cities as forces for good; climate variability; ecosystem services; energy and nutrient recovery; infrastructure failure; urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884418165     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0549-5     Document Type: Article

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