Enabling Conditions for Successful Greening of Public Spaces: The Case of Touroua, Cameroon Based on Perceptions

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-161

  Epule, Epule Terence ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a   Lepage, Laurent ^a   Chen, Zhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harvest age; Perceptions; Public spaces; Reforestation; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; GREENSPACE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INCOME; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; REFORESTATION; STAKEHOLDER; TREE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84901982026     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-013-9246-2     Document Type: Article

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