Making green infrastructure healthier infrastructure

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lõhmus, Mare ^a,b   Balbus, John ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; biodiversity; blue infrastructure; climate change; ecossystem services; green infrastructure; infectious diseases; risk management; urban planning; urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989841234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V5.30082     Document Type: Review

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