Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Pulighe, Giuseppe ^a   Fava, Francesco ^b   Lupia, Flavio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Mapping; Planning; Sustainable cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988695188     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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