Community leader perceptions and attitudes toward coastal urban forests and hurricanes in florida

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Wyman, Miriam ^a   Escobedo, Francisco ^a   Stein, Taylor ^a   Orfanedes, Michael ^b   Northrop, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Broward County Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Community leaders; Ecosystem services; Urban forest benefits; Urban forest costs; Urban forest management

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; BROWARD COUNTY; COMMUNITY LEADERS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FLORIDA; HURRICANE DAMAGE; HURRICANE IMPACT; LOGIT MODELING; MANAGEMENT COSTS; TREE CANOPY; TREE COVER; URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN FORESTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; HURRICANES;

FORESTRY;

ACCOUNTING; CITIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FLORIDA; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864650014     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/sjaf.10-022     Document Type: Article

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