Living in the urban wildwoods: A case study of Birchwood, Warrington New Town, UK

Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-116

  Jorgensen, Anna ^a   Hitchmough, James ^a   Dunnett, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885495172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26859-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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