Public green spaces in the Nordic countries: Development of a new strategic management regime

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  Randrup, Thomas B ^a   Persson, Bengt ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Management; Outsourcing; Parks; Strategy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENSPACE; NATIONAL PARK; SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58549110014     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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