Prospects of Biodiversity in the Mega-City of Karachi, Pakistan: Potentials, Constraints and Implications

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 497-517

  Qureshi, Salman ^a,b   Breuste, Jürgen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity current state and prospects in Karachi, Pakistan; Karachi nature space management structure; Marine influence on Karachi's climate; Multi scale two fold method urban nature space evaluation; Nature space classification green and non green areas; Remote sensing and GPS services analysing city nature spaces; Urban nature spaces ecological function evaluation

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EID: 77952673957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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