Occurrence of tree roots in danish municipal sewer systems

Arboricultural Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-306

  Randrup, Thomas ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs; Drains; Management; Sewers; Survey; Tree roots

Indexed keywords

PIPE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEWER NETWORK;

DENMARK;

EID: 0034453623     PISSN: 03071375     EISSN: 21681074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071375.2000.9747282     Document Type: Article

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