Perceptions and contributions of households towards sustainable urban green infrastructure in Malaysia

Habitat International

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-297

  Barau, Aliyu Salisu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Gardens; Rasch model; Socio ecological; Transformation to urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; GENDER RELATIONS; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

JOHOR; JOHOR BAHRU; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84924677943     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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