Adopting a modern ecological view of the metropolitan landscape: The case of a greenspace system for the New York City region

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-308

  Flores, Alejandro ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^b   Zipperer, Wayne C ^c   Pouyat, Richard V ^c   Pirani, Robert ^d  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Regional Plan Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Environmental benefits; Land use planning; New York City Metropolitan Area; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW YORK; USA;

EID: 0031894869     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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