Public attitudes about urban forest ecosystem services management: A case study in Oregon cities

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-53

  Baur, Joshua W R ^a   Tynon, Joanne F ^b   Ries, Paul ^b   Rosenberger, Randall S ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Natural resource management; Public attitudes; Urban forests; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENSPACE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESEARCH METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962820609     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.03.012     Document Type: Article

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