Social Life Under Cover: Tree Canopy and Social Capital in Baltimore, Maryland

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 502-525

  Holtan, Meghan T ^a   Dieterlen, Susan L ^a   Sullivan, William C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; green space; neighborhoods; social capital; tree canopy

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SURVEY; TREE;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930402082     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916513518064     Document Type: Article

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