Lawn as a cultural and ecological phenomenon: A conceptual framework for transdisciplinary research

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 383-387

  Ignatieva, Maria ^a   Ahrné, Karin ^a   Wissman, Jörgen ^a   Eriksson, Tuula ^a   Tidåker, Pernilla ^b   Hedblom, Marcus ^a   Kätterer, Thomas ^a   Marstorp, Håkan ^a   Berg, Per ^a   Eriksson, Tom ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Globalization; Homogenization; Interdisciplinary; Lawn; Management; Sustainable planning and design; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBALIZATION; GREENSPACE; HOMOGENEITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84940166096     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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