A walk on the wild side: Perceptions of roadside vegetation beyond trees

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-212

  Weber, Frauke ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a,b   Säumel, Ina ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude; City streets; Preference; Spontaneous; Wild vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TREE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 84900491677     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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