An urban approach to planetary boundaries

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 567-580

  Hoornweg, Daniel ^a   Hosseini, Mehdi ^a   Kennedy, Christopher ^b   Behdadi, Azin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio physical and socio economic limits; Cities; Planetary boundaries; Sustainability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FRESHWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SENEGAL; SHANGHAI; TORONTO;

BIOPHYSICS; CITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; URBANIZATION;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84958776518     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0764-y     Document Type: Article

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