Socioeconomic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Meléndez Ackerman, Elvia J ^a   Santiago Bartolomei, Raúl ^a   Vila Ruiz, Cristina P ^a   Santiago, Luis E ^a   García Montiel, Diana ^a   Verdejo Ortiz, Julio C ^a   Manrique Hernández, Harold ^a   Hernández Calo, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Green infrastructure; Residential yards; Social ecological systems; Socioeconomic; Sustainability; Tropical; Urban

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHED;

PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

EID: 84911406324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06563-190320     Document Type: Article

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