Eight energy and material flow characteristics of urban ecosystems

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 819-830

  Bai, Xuemei ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross pollination; Energy and material flows; Integrated urban theory; Urban ecosystem; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN POLICY;

CITY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; URBANIZATION;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84966472147     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0785-6     Document Type: Article

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