Urban biodiversity and social inequalities in built-up cities: New evidences, next questions. The example of Paris, France

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-287

  Cohen, Marianne ^a   Baudoin, Raymond ^b   Palibrk, Milena ^a   Persyn, Nicolas ^c   Rhein, Catherine ^a  

^a Paris Diderot UMR Ladyss   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental justice; GIS; Interdisciplinarity; Landscape design; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; URBAN VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FLORISTICS; GIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETATION COVER;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84861345433     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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