City-forest relationship in Nagpur: One of the greenest cities of India

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-87

  Chaturvedi, Arun ^a   Kamble, Rahul ^b   Patil, N G ^a   Chaturvedi, Alka ^b  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; Biodiversity; Land use planning; Urban forestry; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; NAGPUR;

EID: 84873158117     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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