Green space functionality along an Urban gradient in Karachi, Pakistan: A socio-ecological study

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Qureshi, Salman ^a,b   Breuste, Jürgen H ^a   Lindley, Sarah J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological functionality; GIS; Green infrastructure; Megacities; Nature perception; Urban ecology; Urban nature

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GIS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GREENSPACE; MEGACITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OVERCROWDING; PERCEPTION; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 77952673227     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9303-9     Document Type: Article

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