Sustainable urban greening strategies for compact cities in developing and developed economies

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-761

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compact city; Ecosystem service; Nature deficit; Precision planning; Sustainable development; Urban biodiversity; Urban ecology; Urban greenspace; Urban natural area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888359514     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0268-x     Document Type: Article

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