Water use in urban ecosystems: Complexity, costs, and services of urban ecohydrology

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 353-371

  Jenerette, G Darrel ^a   Alstad, Karrin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Los angeles; Sustainable development; Urban ecohydrological system; Urban ecosystem; Urban water use; Water quality problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140941541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr55.c17     Document Type: Chapter

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