Biodiversity and human health: What role for nature in healthy urban planning

Built Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-338

  Brown, Caroline ^a   Grant, Marcus ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 28944432755     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.2005.31.4.326     Document Type: Article

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