Social Aspects of Urban Biodiversity - An Overview

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-100

  Cilliers, Sarel ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Approaches in urban biodiversity preservation from a social perspective; Effects of social aspects on patterns of urban biodiversity; LAB (2007) profile and promote urban biodiversity; Perceptions: value of urban biodiversity; Social aspects of urban biodiversity an overview; Social benefits of urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649436476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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