Green oriented urban development for urban ecosystem services provision in a medium sized city in southern Italy

IForest

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 385-395

  Martinico, Francesco ^a   La Rosa, Daniele ^a   Privitera, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Urban development; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910038271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1171-007     Document Type: Article

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