Urban tree-planting programs - A model for encouraging environmentally protective behavior

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Summit, Joshua ^a   Sommer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboriculture; Environmental action; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION; TREE PLANTING; URBAN FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY;

URBAN PLANNING;

TREE PLANTING; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; TREE;

EID: 0031986537     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00175-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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