Participatory urban forestry in Nepal: Gaps and ways forward

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Lamichhane, Dhananjaya ^a   Thapa, Hasta B ^a  

^a Department of Forests ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Choice of species; Hazardous; Municipality; People's perception; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DICOTYLEDON; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENSPACE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POPULATION;

GANDAKI; NEPAL; POKHARA;

FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS RELIGIOSA;

EID: 84859498455     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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