Abandonment, ecological assembly and public health risks in counter-urbanizing cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Gulachenski, Alexandra ^a   Ghersi, Bruno M ^a   Lesen, Amy E ^b   Blum, Michael J ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coupled natural human ecosystem dynamics; Dilution effect; Ecosystem services; Emerging infectious disease; Environmental justice

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH RISK; HOMEOWNER; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84970948442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050491     Document Type: Article

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