The value of green infrastructure on vacant and residential land in Roanoke, Virginia

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Gunwoo ^a   Miller, Patrick ^b   Nowak, David ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LEAF AREA; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; STAND STRUCTURE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

ROANOKE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84965025724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040296     Document Type: Article

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