Doing the Hard Work Where it’s Easiest? Examining the Relationships Between Urban Greening Programs and Social and Ecological Characteristics

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-96

  Locke, Dexter H ^a   Grove, J Morgan ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Geodemographics Baltimore, MD; Tree canopy; Urban sustainability; Washington, D.C

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIVATE LAND; RESEARCH WORK; SEGMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE PLANTING; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84961056733     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-014-9131-1     Document Type: Article

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