Impacts of population density and wealth on the quantity and structure of urban green space in tropical Southeast Asia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 553-560

  Richards, Daniel R ^a,b   Passy, Paul ^c   Oh, Rachel R Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d National Parks Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Landsat 7; Remote sensing; Urban ecology; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS; URBAN PLANNING;

DEVELOPING CITIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LANDSAT 7; POPULATION DENSITIES; REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBANISATION;

SPACE OPTICS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GREENSPACE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LANDSAT; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84988807096     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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