Urban landscapes in transition, lessons from integrating biodiversity and habitat modelling in planning

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mörtberg, Ulla ^a   Zetterberg, Andreas ^a   Balfors, Berit ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ecological profiles; energy efficient cities; Geographic Information Systems; Strategic Environmental Assessment; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PREDICTION; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861048516     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333212500020     Document Type: Article

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