Can you see green? Assessing the visibility of urban forests in cities

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-104

  Yang, Jun ^a,d   Zhao, Linsen ^b   Mcbride, Joe ^c   Gong, Peng ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Object based image analysis; Sensory functions; Structure indices; Urban forestry; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

SENSORY ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY;

OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; SENSORY FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE INDEX; URBAN FORESTRY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANNING;

BERKELEY; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749095022     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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