Individual households and their trees: Fine-scale characteristics shaping urban forests

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-144

  Shakeel, Tooba ^a   Conway, Tenley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Local actors; Residents; Socioeconomics; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; TREE PLANTING; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; MISSISSAUGA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84896720988     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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