Who lives in greener neighborhoods? The distribution of street greenery and its association with residents' socioeconomic conditions in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 751-759

  Li, Xiaojiang ^a   Zhang, Chuanrong ^a   Li, Weidong ^a   Kuzovkina, Yulia A ^a   Weiner, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental disparity; GSV (Google Street View)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; LAND USE LOCATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CONNECTICUT; HARTFORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951794497     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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