Ecological design for urban waterfronts

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 189-208

  Dyson, Karen ^a   Yocom, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Ecological design; Habitat; Seawalls; Urban infrastructure; Waterfront

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939881823     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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