Gaining ground: Green infrastructure attitudes and perceptions from stakeholders in Syracuse, New York

Environmental Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-16

  Barnhill, Kathleen ^a   Smardon, Richard ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SYRACUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859448521     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046611000470     Document Type: Article

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