How green is your garden?: Urban form and socio-demographic factors influence yard vegetation, visitation, and ecosystem service benefits

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 239-246

  Lin, B B ^a   Gaston, K J ^b   Fuller, R A ^c   Wu, D ^c   Bush, R ^c   Shanahan, D F ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; CITY RESIDENTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TIME SPENT; TIME-PERIODS; VEGETATION COVER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; GIS; GREENSPACE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; LAND USE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84979521120     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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