Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field: Differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 49-65

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a   Knowles Yanez K ^b   Hope, Diane ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

definition of urban; ecology; social science; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890225010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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