Urban wetland planning: A case study in the Beijing central region

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Jia, Haifeng ^a   Ma, Hongtao ^a,b   Wei, Mingjie ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing central region; Ecological water requirement; Efficacy; Planning methodology; Urban wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955133411     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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