Comprehensive evaluation of the structural characteristics of an urban metabolic system: Model development and a case study of Beijing

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-113

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Evaluation; Material flow accounting; Structural characteristics; Urban ecology; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

BEIJING; EVALUATION; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN METABOLISMS;

METABOLISM;

MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84897466836     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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