Green Alley Programs: Planning for a sustainable urban infrastructure?

Cities

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-155

  Newell, Joshua P ^a   Seymour, Mona ^b   Yee, Thomas ^c   Renteria, Jennifer ^c   Longcore, Travis ^c   Wolch, Jennifer R ^d   Shishkovsky, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleys; Green infrastructure; Los Angeles; Planning; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; STORMWATER; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; WATER PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; EUROPE; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875216167     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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