Building ecology into the planning continuum: Case study of desert land preservation in Phoenix, Arizona (USA)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-75

  Ewan, Joseph ^a   Ewan, Rebecca Fish ^a   Burke, James ^b,c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parks Recr Dept City of Phoenix   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study methods; City of Phoenix; Landscape ecological planning; Landscape preservation; Sonoran desert; Sonoran Preserve Master Plan

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DESERT PRESERVATION; SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

DESERT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

PHOENIX;

EID: 1642284511     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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