Characteristics of urban park trees in Hong Kong in relation to Greenspace planning and development

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 643, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-128

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compact city; Park design; Species selection; Tree stocking rate; Urban tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879676236     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.643.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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