Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities' sustainability goals? Romania as a case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-66

  Badiu, Denisa L ^a   IojǍ, Cristian I ^a   PǍtroescu, Maria ^a   Breuste, Jürgen ^b   Artmann, Martina ^c   NiţǍ, Mihai R ^a   GrǍdinaru, Simona R ^a,d   Hossu, Constantina A ^a   Onose, Diana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Romania; Sustainability; Urban green infrastructure; Urban green space per capita

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LINEAR REGRESSION; URBAN PLANNING;

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PER CAPITA; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; ROMANIA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84975046388     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.044     Document Type: Article

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