The Public Value of Urban Vacant Land: Social Responses and Ecological Value

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Gunwoo ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological and social value; Green infrastructure; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 84971016343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050486     Document Type: Article

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