Urban forests as compensation measures for infrastructure development

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-285

  Skärbäck, Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balancing; Health; Landscape planning; Noise; Recreation; Well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NOISE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; MALMO; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 35349006375     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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