Urban trees programs from municipal officials' perspective: Evidence from Alabama, U.S.

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 160-167

  Zhang, Yaoqi ^a   Zheng, Bin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Awareness; Municipal; Perceptions; Public Infrastructure; Regional Development; Survey; Urban Planning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TREE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863845101     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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