Green infrastructure: Planning a national green network for Australia

Journal of Landscape Architecture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-73

  Kilbane, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

green infrastructure; landscape architecture; landscape ecology; National Green Network; synergistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878760304     PISSN: 18626033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2013.798930     Document Type: Article

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