Exploring Green Streets and rain gardens as instances of small scale nature and environmental learning tools

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-240

  Church, Sarah P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental learning; Green Street; Qualitative; Rain garden; Stormwater; Urban nature

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; RAIN; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING; QUALITATIVE; RAIN GARDENS; STORMWATERS; URBAN NATURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GARDEN; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LEARNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911907431     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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