Predictors of the distribution of street and backyard vegetation in Montreal, Canada.

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-27

  Pham, Thi Thanh Hien ^a   Apparicio, Philippe ^b   Landry, Shawn ^c   Séguin, Anne Marie ^b   Gagnon, Martin ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative boroughs; Built environment; Socio demographics; Spatial analysis; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREET CANYON; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84873171200     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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