Mainstreaming urban ecosystem services: A national survey of municipal foresters

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 703-722

  Young, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystemservices; Green infrastructure; Implementation; Information; Political support; Society of Municipal Arborists; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888336133     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-013-0287-2     Document Type: Article

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