Effective green equivalent - A measure of public green spaces for cities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-127

  Yao, Liang ^a   Liu, Jingru ^a   Wang, Rusong ^a   Yin, Ke ^a   Han, Baolong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Beijing; Gini coefficient; Normalized difference vegetation index; Public green spaces

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BEIJING; GINI COEFFICIENTS; GREEN SPACES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GREENSPACE; NDVI; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84910093230     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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