Planting the living city: Best practices in planning green infrastructure - Results from major U.S. cities

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-381

  Young, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Planning; Urban ecology; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; GREENSPACE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING PRACTICE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855898656     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2011.616996     Document Type: Article

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