Landscape-scale green infrastructure investments as a climate adaptation strategy: A case example for the midwest United States

Environmental Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Lerner, Jeff ^a   Allen, William L ^b  

^a Private Conservation Consultant   (United States)

^b Conservation Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859450518     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146604661100055X     Document Type: Review

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