Urban landscapes and sustainable cities

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Andersson, Erik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Landscape scale; Sustainable development; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33745886505     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01639-110134     Document Type: Review

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