A transatlantic lens on green infrastructure planning and ecosystem services: Assessing implementation in Berlin and Seattle

Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 247-265

  Hansen, Rieke ^a   Rall, Emily Lorance ^a   Pauleit, Stephan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84962098208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17639     Document Type: Chapter

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