Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and research outlook from the natural sciences perspective

Earth's Future

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 473-495

  Hutyra, Lucy R ^a   Duren, Riley ^b   Gurney, Kevin R ^c   Grimm, Nancy ^c   Kort, Eric A ^d   Larson, Elisabeth ^e   Shrestha, Gyami ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^f UCAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Urban Carbon Cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928227026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EF000255     Document Type: Article

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