The Metabolism of Cities

1965/09/01 by Abel Wolman · 1,013 citations
Environmental Science · #Biochemistry #Biology #Metabolism #Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

paper · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0965-178

published in Scientific American 213(3), 178-190 (Springer Nature)

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