Open space loss and land inequality in United States' cities, 1990-2000

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  McDonald, Robert I ^a   Forman, Richard T T ^b   Kareiva, Peter ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNDING; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES; CITY; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TIME; URBANIZATION;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77949865225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009509     Document Type: Article

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