Correlates of urban forest canopy cover: Implications for Local Public Works

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-47

  Heynen, Nikolas C ^a   Lindsey, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Indiana; public works; tree canopy; urban forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142662513     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X03008001004     Document Type: Article

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