Reconnecting cities to the biosphere: Stewardship of green infrastructure and urban ecosystem services

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-453

  Andersson, Erik ^a   Barthel, Stephan ^a   Borgström, Sara ^a   Colding, Johan ^b   Elmqvist, Thomas ^a   Folke, Carl ^a   Gren, Åsa ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Property rights; Stewardship; Urban ecology; Urban social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ARTICLE; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

CITIES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84902103438     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0506-y     Document Type: Article

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