Ecosystem services provided by urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain: Insights for policy and planning

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-23

  Camps Calvet, Marta ^a   Langemeyer, Johannes ^a,b   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a,c   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Nature based solutions; Urban agriculture; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GARDENING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIGRANT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84956638362     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.01.007     Document Type: Article

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