Deforestation in a tropical compact city (Part A): Understanding its socio-ecological impacts

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-72

  Tan, Puay Yok ^a   Feng, Yuanqiu ^a   Hwang, Yun Hye ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Human environment relationship; Secondary forests; Socio ecological system; Urban ecology; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FOREST LOSS; HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP; PUBLIC OPINIONS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTS;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SECONDARY FOREST; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84963753442     PISSN: 20466099     EISSN: 20466102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SASBE-08-2015-0022     Document Type: Article

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