A social-ecological assessment of vacant lots in New York City

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-233

  Kremer, Peleg ^a   Hamstead, Zoé A ^a   McPhearson, Timon ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; New York City; Social ecological systems; Urban ecosystem services; Urban land use land cover; Vacant lots

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; LAND COVER; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VACANT LOTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886597441     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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