An ecology of prestige in New York City: Examining the relationships among population density, socio-economic status, group identity, and residential canopy cover

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 402-419

  Grove, J Morgan ^a   Locke, Dexter H ^b   O'Neil Dunne, Jarlath P M ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodemographics; Parcel; Private land; Urban ecology; Urban forestry; Urban tree canopy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LAND USE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; VEGETATION;

GEODEMOGRAPHICS; PARCEL; PRIVATE LAND; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN TREE CANOPIES;

ECOLOGY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIVATE LAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; DATA BASE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

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

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL CLASS; TREES;

EID: 84905987116     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0310-2     Document Type: Article

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