Ecological network analysis for economic systems: Growth and development and implications for sustainable development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Jiali ^a   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; POLICY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84903625420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100923     Document Type: Article

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