Can urban greenspace combat climate change? Towards a subtropical cities research agenda

Australian Planner

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Byrne, Jason ^a,b   Jinjun, Yang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79959681112     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2009.10753420     Document Type: Article

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