A review of benefits and challenges in growing street trees in paved urban environments

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-166

  Mullaney, Jennifer ^a   Lucke, Terry ^a   Trueman, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pavement damage; Permeable pavements; Street tree benefits; Street trees; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PAVEMENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS; IMPERMEABLE SURFACE; INTEGRAL ELEMENT; PAVEMENT DAMAGE; PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS; STREET TREES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN FORESTRY;

URBAN GROWTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PAVEMENT; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; PAVEMENTS; TREES;

EID: 84909594818     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.013     Document Type: Review

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