A methodology for creating greenways through multidisciplinary sustainable landscape planning

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 970-983

  Pena, Selma Beatriz ^a   Abreu, Maria Manuela ^b   Teles, Rui ^b   Espírito Santo, Maria Dalila ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Green corridors; Greenway design; Landscape system; Lisbon metropolitan area (Portugal); Rural greenway planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS;

CULTURAL ANALYSIS; GREEN CORRIDOR; GREENWAY DESIGN; GREENWAYS; LANDSCAPE SYSTEM; LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA (PORTUGAL); METROPOLITAN AREA; PORTUGAL; RURAL GREENWAY PLANNING;

LAND USE;

GREENSPACE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING METHOD; RURAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GREENWAY; HABITAT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RURAL AREA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77949275124     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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