Patterns and challenges of urban nature conservation - A study of southern Sweden

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2671-2686

  Borgström, Sara T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350548027     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41312     Document Type: Article

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