Development of an ecological mapping methodology for urban areas in New Zealand

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-173

  Freeman, Claire ^a   Buck, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological mapping; Geographic Information System; Urban habitats

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPPING; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL MAPPING;

URBAN PLANNING;

GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME GARDEN; MAPPING METHOD; URBAN AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037473582     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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