Marine urbanization: An ecological framework for designing multifunctional artificial structures

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-90

  Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Glasby, Tim M ^b   Airoldi, Laura ^c,d   Rivero, Natalie K ^a   Mayer Pinto, Mariana ^a   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84926668130     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140050     Document Type: Review

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