Critical success factors in planning and management of urban green spaces in Europe

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-225

  Baycan, Tüzin ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical factors in green planning; Europe; Green performance; PCA; Principal component analysis; Urban green spaces; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862562768     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2012.047278     Document Type: Article

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