Smarter urban metabolism: Earth systems re-engineering
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&1 M. Bruce Beck MA, PhD Professor and Eminent Scholar, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA &2 Rodrigo Villarroel Walker PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA &3 Michael Thompson PhD Institute Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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