On complexity theory, exergy, and industrial ecology: Some implications for construction ecology

Construction Ecology: Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 72-107

  Kay, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203166147     Document Type: Chapter

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