Estimating the allergenic potential of urban green spaces: A case-study in Granada, Spain

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-144

  Cariñanos, Paloma ^a   Casares Porcel, Manuel ^a   Quesada Rubio, Jose Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergenicity index; Allergenicity quantification; Pollen allergy; Pollen emissions; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

URBAN PLANNING;

ALLERGENICITY; INTRINSIC PARAMETERS; MANAGEMENT TOOL; QUANTITATIVE INDICES; SINGLE SPECIES; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

FORESTRY;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENSPACE; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE AREA; TREE; URBAN AREA;

EMISSION; FORESTRY; POLLEN;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84893664634     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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