Attitudes of municipal officials toward street tree programs in Pennsylvania, U.S

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Stevenson, Tyler R ^a   Gerhold, Henry D ^b   Elmendorf, William F ^b  

^a Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Municipal officials; Ordinances; Pennsylvania; Street trees; Tree commissions; Urban and community forestry

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIONAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TREE PLANTING; URBAN FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449125570     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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