Can spatial form support urban ecosystem services: Developing descriptions and measures to capture the spatial demands for pollination using the framework of space syntax

A/Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-270

  Marcus, Lars ^a   Berghauser Pont, Meta ^b   Gren, Åsa ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Landscape connectivity; Pollination; Space syntax; Spatial form

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921421442     PISSN: 25647474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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