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. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):8935-8938.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606037114. Epub 2017 Aug 7.

Sustainability in an urbanizing planet

Karen C Seto  1 , Jay S Golden  2 , Marina Alberti  3 , B L Turner 2nd  4   5
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Sustainability in an urbanizing planet

Karen C Seto et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Conceptual framework of research gaps and priorities for urban sustainability research. The two arcing arrows represent feedbacks and linkages between local and planetary-scale action and impacts. Urban sustainability solutions will affect human and environmental well-being differently at different scales. The nature and function of the relationship between human and environmental well-being to achieve urban sustainability have not been resolved. Thus, the convex (A) and concave (B) curves represent two hypothetical relationships and trade-offs between human and environmental well-being to achieve urban sustainability at different spatial scales. They have different functional forms because there are different relationships at different scales. The intersection of the sinuous line with each of these curves represents the better sustainability solution at that scale. The thick sinuous line is an illustrative pathway of achieving different targets across different spatial scales.
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