The neighbourhood approach to urban forest management: The case of Halifax, Canada

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-144

  Steenberg, James W N ^a,b   Duinker, Peter N ^a   Charles, John D ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Planning Services for Halifax Regional Municipality   (Canada)

Author keywords

Halifax (Canada); Management plan; Neighbourhood; Scale; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

HALIFAX; MANAGEMENT PLANS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SCALE; URBAN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; URBAN FORESTRY;

CANADA; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGY; GIS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HALIFAX; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84879782671     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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