Urban Metabolism: A Review of Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11247-11263

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Yu, Xiangyi ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Solid Waste and Chemical Management Center of MEP   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORTS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; HOUSEHOLD METABOLISM; INVENTORY DATABASE; RESEARCH RESULTS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; URBAN METABOLISMS;

METABOLISM;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY FLOW; KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN METABOLISM; URBANIZATION; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY SIZE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84943403914     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03060     Document Type: Article

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