Personal encounters with trees: The lived significance of the private urban forest

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Pearce, L M ^a,b   Davison, A ^a   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gardens; Human tree relations; Private trees; Semi structured interviews; Tree agency; Urban nature

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOME GARDEN; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIVATE LAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA; FAIRFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940166934     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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