Urban greenery and its sustainable extension strategies in hot arid region of India

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Chaudhry, Pradeep ^a   Gupta, Rajesh K ^a  

^a ARID FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arid semiarid regions; Avenue tree species; Developing countries; Drylands; Forestry; Sustainability; Thar Desert; Urban greenery

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055191942     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2010.033627     Document Type: Article

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