Adaptive governance to promote ecosystem services in urban green spaces

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-93

  Green, Olivia Odom ^a   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^b   Albro, Sandra ^c   Ban, Natalie C ^d   Berland, Adam ^b   Burkman, Caitlin E ^b   Gardiner, Mary M ^e   Gunderson, Lance ^f   Hopton, Matthew E ^b   Schoon, Michael L ^g   Shuster, William D ^b  

^a Atlantic States Legal Foundation   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Cleveland Botanical Garden   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Ecosystem services; Post industrial cities; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931097477     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0476-2     Document Type: Article

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