Urban ecosystem services for resilience planning and management in New York City

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 502-515

  McPhearson, Timon ^a   Hamstead, Zoé A ^a   Kremer, Peleg ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; New York City; Scale; Urban ecosystem services; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CITY; CITY PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 84902109847     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0509-8     Document Type: Article

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