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A Social-Ecological-Infrastructural Systems Framework for Interdisciplinary Study of Sustainable City Systems

An Integrative Curriculum Across Seven Major Disciplines

  1. Anu Ramaswami*,
  2. Christopher Weible,
  3. Deborah Main,
  4. Tanya Heikkila,
  5. Saba Siddiki,
  6. Andrew Duvall,
  7. Andrew Pattison,
  8. Meghan Bernard

Article first published online: 3 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00566.x

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Journal of Industrial Ecology

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Special Issue: Sustainable Urban Systems

Volume 16, Issue 6, pages 801–813, December 2012

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Ramaswami, A., Weible, C., Main, D., Heikkila, T., Siddiki, S., Duvall, A., Pattison, A. and Bernard, M. (2012), A Social-Ecological-Infrastructural Systems Framework for Interdisciplinary Study of Sustainable City Systems. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16: 801–813. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00566.x

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*Address correspondence to: Anu Ramaswami, Denny Chair Professor of Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 154 Humphrey School, 301 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Email: anu@umn.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 12 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 3 DEC 2012

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  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: DGE-0654378

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