Biodiversity of Urban-Industrial Areas and its Evaluation - A Critical Review

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-55

  Wittig, Rüdiger ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity as the variety of genes, species and biocoenosis; Biodiversity of urban industrial areas and its evaluation a critical review; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Urban industrial the term; Urban industrial areas characterized by concentration of human activities, products and uses; Urbanophilous species enumerating biodiversity of urban industrial areas; Zone of species poverty city centre

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EID: 84855646920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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