Disentangling the effects of urban form and socio-demographic context on street tree cover: A multi-level analysis from Montréal

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 422-433

  Pham, Thi Thanh Hien ^a   Apparicio, Philippe ^b   Landry, Shawn ^c   Lewnard, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Multi level and mixed models; Socio economic status; Street characteristics; Street trees

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY;

LIFESTYLE; MIXED MODELS; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRATIFICATION; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; STREET TREES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BUILDING; GENTRIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84987864138     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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