Developing a science of infrastructure ecology for sustainable urban systems.
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Systems Ming Xu,*,†,‡ Marc Weissburg, Joshua P. Newell,† and John C. Crittenden †School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States ‡Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Center for Biologically-Inspired Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental science & technology
دوره 46 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012