Amenity trees and green space structure in urban settlements of Kigali, Rwanda

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-93

  Seburanga, J L ^a,c   Kaplin, B A ^b   Zhang, Q X ^c   Gatesire, T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DFGFI Karisoke Research Center   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

City beautification; Green space; Landscape planning and design; Tree cover

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AMENITY; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SURFACE AREA; URBAN POLICY;

RWANDA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SIEBERIANA; ARECACEAE; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CANDELABRUM; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; MARKHAMIA LUTEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PHOENIX RECLINATA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 84896736506     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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