Integrating ecological and cultural values toward conservation and utilization of shrine/temple forests as urban green space in Japanese cities

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-315

  Ishii, Hiroaki T ^a   Manabe, Tohru ^b   Ito, Keitaro ^c   Fujita, Naoko ^d   Imanishi, Ayumi ^e   Hashimoto, Daisuke ^c   Iwasaki, Ayako ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Hierarchical approach; Urban landscape; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954152616     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-010-0104-5     Document Type: Review

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