Biodiversity in urban governance and planning: Examples from Swedish cities

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-301

  Elander, Ingemar ^a   Lundgren Alm, Elisabet ^b   Malbert, Björn ^b   Sandström, Ulf G ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity in an urban context; Urban governance; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

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

EID: 24744436583     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649350500208910     Document Type: Article

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