Applicability of citygreen urban ecosystem analysis software to a densely built urban neighborhood

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-186

  Longcore, Travis ^a   Li, Christina ^a   Wilson, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Urban ecosystem analysis; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ARCVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GIS; GREENSPACE; URBAN FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344585500     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.2.173     Document Type: Article

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