Effects of street landscape planting and urban public parks on dwelling environment evaluation in Japan

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-395

  Ishikawa, Noriko ^a   Fukushige, Mototsugu ^b  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwelling environment; Japan; Street landscape planting; Urban public parks

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARK MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84868196738     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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