Food sources and accessibility and waste disposal patterns across an urban tropical watershed: Implications for the flow of materials and energy

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Garcia Montiel, Diana C ^a   Verdejo Ortiz, Julio C ^b   Santiago Bartolomei, Raul ^b   Vila Ruiz, Cristina P ^b   Santiago, Luis ^b   Melendez Ackerman, Elvia ^b  

^a Institute For Tropical Ecosystem Studies   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Household; Nutrient cycling; San Juan ULTRA; Social ecological systems; Urban biogeochemistry; Urban ecology; Urban metabolism; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; INFLOW; RECYCLING; SEWER NETWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

PIEDRAS BASIN; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84897558289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06118-190137     Document Type: Article

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