Linking ecological and social systems in cities: Urban planning in Finland as a case

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1947-1967

  Yli Pelkonen, Vesa ^a   Niemelä, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological information; Ecological systems; Social systems; Sustainable urban development; Urban ecology; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 21244434000     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-2124-7     Document Type: Article

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