Use of ecological information in urban planning: Experiences from the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Yli Pelkonen, V ^a   Niemela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological information; Finland; Land use; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747670168     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-8591-8     Document Type: Article

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