A strategy for Canada's urban forests

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 785-789

  Kenney, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community action; Interdisciplinary relations; Planning; Policy; Professional development; Research; Strategy; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

WOODLANDS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; URBAN FORESTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0346367126     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79785-4     Document Type: Review

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