Assessment of forest recreation accessibility in Latvia

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2145-2151

  Jankovska, Ilze ^a   Donis, Janis ^b   Straupe, Inga ^a   Panagopoulos, Thomas ^c   Kupfere, Liga ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^b LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

GIS; Planning; Recreation; Riga; Survey; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; PLANNING PRACTICE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

LATVIA; RIGA;

EID: 84884647634     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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