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Challenges, Volume 3, Issue 1

2012 June - 3 articles

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Review

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Methodology for Assessment and Optimization of Industrial Eco-Systems

Shyamal Gondkar,
Sivakumar Sreeramagiri and
Edwin Zondervan

Challenges2012, 3(1), 49-69;https://doi.org/10.3390/challe3010049

19 June 2012

There is an emerging trend in evaluating industrial activities using principles of industrial ecology because of the emphasis on sustainability initiatives by major process industries. Attention has also been targeted at developing planned industrial...

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Wetland Loss and Research Orientation

Xi Chen,
Mark Bain,
Patrick J. Sullivan and
Ziyan Wang

Challenges2012, 3(1), 43-48;https://doi.org/10.3390/challe3010043

12 June 2012

The literature analysis method used in this paper outlines variations in research topics. We tested whether research on wetlands is topic-centered, comparative of different wetland classes, or aimed at wetland loss. We analyzed research papers to ide...

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Eco-Polycentric Urban Systems: An Ecological Region Perspective for Network Cities

André Botequilha-Leitão

Challenges2012, 3(1), 1-42;https://doi.org/10.3390/challe3010001

3 April 2012

The research presented in this paper is a work in progress. It provides linkages between the author’s earlier research under the sustainable land planning framework (SLP) and emergent ideas and planning and design strategies, centered on the (landsca...

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