Urban landscape conservation and the role of ecological greenways at local and metropolitan scales

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 23-44

  Bryant, M Margaret ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation strategies; Landscape conservation; Landscape planning; National Biological Information Infrastructure; Urban biodiversity; Urban ecological greenways

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN BIODIVERSITY; URBAN ECOLOGICAL GREENWAYS;

URBAN PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 33645881060     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.029     Document Type: Article

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