Urban phosphorus sustainability: Systemically incorporating social, ecological, and technological factors into phosphorus flow analysis

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Metson, Geneviève S ^a   Iwaniec, David M ^b   Baker, Lawrence A ^c   Bennett, Elena M ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b   Cordell, Dana ^d   Grimm, Nancy B ^b,e   Grove, J Morgan ^f   Nidzgorski, Daniel A ^c   White, Stuart ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; Substance flow analysis; Urban ecology; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCEPT MAPPING; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; PHOSPHORUS FLOW ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84949114787     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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