How do people perceive urban trees? Assessing likes and dislikes in relation to the trees of a city

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 761-773

  Camacho Cervantes, Morelia ^a   Schondube, Jorge E ^b   Castillo, Alicia ^b   MacGregor Fors, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Citizens benefits; Morelia; M xico; Social perception; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892630676     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0343-6     Document Type: Article

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