Urban green zones and related pollen allergy: A review. Some guidelines for designing spaces with low allergy impact

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-214

  Cariñanos, Paloma ^a   Casares Porcel, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Allergenicity; Ornamental species; Pollinosis; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; URBAN PLANNING;

AEROBIOLOGY; ALLERGENICITY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLINOSIS; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

ALLERGIES;

AEROBIOLOGY; ALLERGY; BIODIVERSITY; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLEN; POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79955674756     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.03.006     Document Type: Review

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