Brown/biodiverse roofs: A conservation action for threatened brownfields to support urban biodiversity

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-304

  Ishimatsu, Kazuhito ^a   Ito, Keitaro ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extensive green roof; Green area; Habitat; Urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878848111     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-011-0186-8     Document Type: Article

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