The role of urban green space and trees in relation to climate change

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fryd, Ole ^a   Pauleit, Stephan ^b   Bühler, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Green infrastructure; Greenspace; Mitigation; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857006426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20116053     Document Type: Review

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