Urban landscape as mirror of ethnicity: Trees of the South Plains

Urban Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1042-1063

  Sorrensen, Cynthia L ^a   Carter, Perry L ^a   Phelps, Jack ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental justice; racial segregation; urban forestry

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; ZONING POLICY;

LUBBOCK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945445116     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1039397     Document Type: Article

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