Assessing public response to freeway roadsides: Urban forestry and context-sensitive solutions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1984, 2006, Pages 102-111

  Wolf, Kathleen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; VEGETATION;

FREEWAY ROADSIDES; PUBLIC LANDS RESOURCE; ROADSIDE LANDSCAPE; SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; ROADS;

EID: 33847328720     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1984-12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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