Food Sources and Accessibility and Waste Disposal Patterns across an Urban Tropical Watershed: Implications for the Flow of Materials and Energy

Food Sources and Accessibility and Waste Disposal Patterns across an Urban Tropical Watershed: Implications for the Flow of Materials and Energy

Appraising the social-ecological processes influencing the inflow, transformation, and storage of materials and energy in urban ecosystems requires scientific attention. This appraisal can provide an important tool for assessing the sustainability of cities. Socioeconomic activities are mostly respo...

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Main Authors: Diana C. Garcia-Montiel, Julio C. Verdejo-Ortiz, Raul Santiago-Bartolomei, Cristina P. Vila-Ruiz, Luis Santiago, Elvia Melendez-Ackerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2014-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
household
nutrient cycling
San Juan ULTRA
social-ecological systems
urban biogeochemistry
urban ecology
urban metabolism
watershed
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss1/art37/

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