Improving urban ecosystems resilience at a city level. the Coimbra case study

Energy Procedia

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-14

  Ferreira, António J D ^a   Pardal, João ^b   Malta, Miguel ^a   Ferreira, Carla S S ^a   Soares, Daniel D J ^a   Vilhena, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Câmara Municipal de Coimbra   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Falsh flood; Management; Pollution; Urban agriculture; Urban green infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898753667     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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