Using a Local Greenway to Study the River Environment and Urban Landscape

Journal of Geography

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-89

  Lackstrom, Kirsten ^a   Stroup, Laura J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenway; Human impacts; River; Urban landscape; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855574981     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340902963894     Document Type: Article

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