GIS analysis of urban schoolyard landcover in three U.S. cities

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-80

  Schulman, Alexis ^a,b   Peters, Catherine A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Greenspace; Landcover; Schoolyard; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849123270     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0037-4     Document Type: Article

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