Turfgrass revolution: Measuring the expansion of the American lawn

Land Use Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-194

  Robbins, Paul ^a   Birkenholtz, Trevor ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Franklin County; Land use cover change (LUCC) approach; Monocultural cultivation; OH; Turfgrass expansion; Urban ecology; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL METHOD; GRASS; GREENSPACE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

FRANKLIN COUNTY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037969883     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(03)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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