Environmental justice and factors that influence participation in tree planting programs in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 70-77

  Donovan, Geoffrey H ^a   Mills, John ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Demographics; Education; Environmental justice; Income; Oregon; Portland; Race; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INCOME; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RACE; TREE PLANTING; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLICY;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897473678     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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