Temporal trend of green areas in Poland between 2004 and 2012

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1009-1016

  Szymańska, Daniela ^a   Lewandowska, Aleksandra ^a   Rogatka, Krzysztof ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Availability of green areas; Forests; Green areas of housing estates; Parks; Street greenery; Voivodship

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; GREENSPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN FORESTRY;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 84951798728     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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