Design-with-nature for multifunctional landscapes: Environmental benefits and social barriers in community development

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5433-5458

  Yang, Bo ^a   Li, Ming Han ^b   Li, Shujuan ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental planning; GIS; Interdisciplinary design; Landscape performance; Landscape preference; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE; MCHARG ECOLOGICAL DETERMINISM DESIGN APPROACH; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STORMWATER RUNOFF; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; SOCIAL CHANGE; TEXAS;

EID: 84887360203     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10115433     Document Type: Article

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