The coexistence of amenity and biodiversity in urban landscapes

Landscape Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 495-509

  Ives, Christopher D ^a,c   Kelly, Andrew H ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

amenity; Biodiversity; conservation; landscape aesthetics; local government; planning

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ESTHETICS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84944937585     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2015.1081161     Document Type: Article

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