Supplying urban ecosystem services through multifunctional green infrastructure in the United States

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1447-1463

  Lovell, Sarah Taylor ^a   Taylor, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Multifunctionality; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; MICROCLIMATE; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANT; RESILIENCE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884814264     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9912-y     Document Type: Article

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