Socio-ecological dynamics and inequality in Bogotá, Colombia's public urban forests and their ecosystem services

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1040-1053

  Escobedo, Francisco J ^a   Clerici, Nicola ^b   Staudhammer, Christina L ^c   Corzo, Germán Tovar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Grupo de Plan Decenal   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service predictors; Environmental justice; Socioeconomic strata; Tree diversity; Urban ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; LAND USE; MEGACITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84951743865     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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