Urban green space network development for biodiversity conservation: Identification based on graph theory and gravity modeling

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 16-27

  Kong, Fanhua ^a   Yin, Haiwei ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^b   Zong, Yueguang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jinan City; Least cost path; Scenario; Spatial analysis; Urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

JINAN CITY; LEAST COST PATH; SCENARIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN BIODIVERSITY;

GRAPH THEORY;

BIODIVERSITY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; JINAN [SHANDONG]; SHANDONG;

EID: 75349092137     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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