The influence of personal belief, agency mission and city size on open space decision making processes in three southwestern cities

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 577-598

  Friggens, Megan ^a   Raish, Carol ^a   Finch, Deborah ^a   McSweeney, Alice ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal land managers; Population growth; Southwestern U.S; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929162706     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0419-3     Document Type: Article

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