Statistical-thermodynamics modelling of the built environment in relation to urban ecology

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 307, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-47

  Mohajeri, Nahid ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b   Scartezzini, Jean Louis ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Helmholtz free energy; Scaling; Spatial distribution; Thermodynamics; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EXPANSION; FREE ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BUILDING DENSITIES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SCALING; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

GENEVA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84927598134     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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