Scale-sensitive integration of ecosystem services in urban planning

GeoJournal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 411-425

  Faehnle, Maija ^a,b   Söderman, Tarja ^a   Schulman, Harry ^b   Lehvävirta, Susanna ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Green space; Scaling; Spatial planning; Sustainable cities

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; GREEN SPACES; SCALING; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; SUSTAINABLE SERVICES; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84929656803     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: 15729893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9560-z     Document Type: Article

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