Comparative study of urban ecology development in the U.S. and China: Opportunity and Challenge

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 599-611

  Lin, Tao ^a,b   Grimm, Nancy B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Xiamen Key Lab of Urban Metabolism   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; U.S; Urban ecology, Comparative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926669     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0413-9     Document Type: Article

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