Measuring urban forestry performance and demographic associations in Massachusetts, USA

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Rines, David ^a   Kane, Brian ^a   Kittredge, David B ^a   Ryan, H Dennis P ^a   Butler, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Accomplishment Reporting Systems (CARs); Tree warden; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLICY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953296419     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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