Characterising the urban environment of UK cities and towns: A template for landscape planning

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-222

  Gill, Susannah E ^a   Handley, John F ^a   Ennos, A Roland ^a   Pauleit, Stephan ^a   Theuray, Nicolas ^a   Lindley, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Green infrastructure; Land use; Surface cover; Urban characterisation; Urban morphology type

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; LAND USE; MAPPING; MORPHOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; SURFACE COVER; URBAN CHARACTERISATION; URBAN MORPHOLOGY TYPE;

URBAN PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 49849101150     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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