Old stone walls as an ecological habitat for urban trees in Hong Kong

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-43

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Stone wall; Urban ecology; Urban tree; Wall preservation; Wall tree

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HABITAT DEVELOPMENT; TREE SPECIES; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

MORACEAE; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 0032563254     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(98)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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