Ecology of urban green spaces: The way forward in answering major research questions

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 298-303

  Niemelä, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Research framework; Research questions; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENSPACE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899056691     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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