Browsing Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Pan, Kaixuan"
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Modern cities modelled as “super-cells” rather than multicellular organisms: Implications for industry, goods and services
Chang, Jie; Ge, Ying; Wu, Zhaoping; Du, Yuanyuan; Pan, Kaixuan; Yang, Guofu; Ren, Yuan; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Mao, Feng; Cheong, Kang Hao; Qu, Zelong; Fan, Xing; Min, Yong; Peng, Changhui; Meyerson, Laura A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The structure and “metabolism” (movement and conversion of goods and energy) of urban areas has caused cities to be identified as “super-organisms”, placed between ecosystems and the biosphere, in the hierarchy of living ...