Urban Forest Values of the Citizenry in Three Colombian Cities

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 834-849

  Ordonez C ^a   Duinker, P N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colombia; Latin America; qualitative analysis; urban forests; values

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY;

BOGOTA; CALI; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; PEREIRA; RISARALDA; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

PEREIRA;

EID: 84904560419     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.905891     Document Type: Article

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