A political-industrial ecology of water supply infrastructure for Los Angeles

Geoforum

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-50

  Cousins, Joshua J ^a   Newell, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprints; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Urban metabolism; Urban political ecology; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; GIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN AREA; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910026910     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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