Street trees and urban renewal: A Baltimore case study

Geographical Bulletin - Gamma Theta Upsilon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-81

  Merse, Cynthia L ^a   Buckley, Geoffrey L ^c   Boone, Christopher G ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; Street trees; Urban forest; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; STREET CANYON; TREE PLANTING; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN RENEWAL;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649121645     PISSN: 07313292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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