Conserving urban biodiversity? Creating green infrastructure is only the first step

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-371

  Hostetler, Mark ^a   Allen, Will ^b   Meurk, Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Learning for Sustainability   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation subdivision; Environmental policy; Green infrastructure; Sustainability; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS; EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS; SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN ECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENSPACE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79953043381     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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