Shifting concepts of urban spatial heterogeneity and their implications for sustainability

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-30

  Zhou, Weiqi ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^b   Cadenasso, Mary L ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology in cities; Ecology of cities; Spatial heterogeneity; Urban design; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HETEROGENEITY; PARADIGM SHIFT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84982291361     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0432-4     Document Type: Article

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