Spatial planning for multifunctional green infrastructure: Growing resilience in Detroit

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 159, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-75

  Meerow, Sara ^a   Newell, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Resilience; Spatial planning; Urban greening

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMMERCE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

DETROIT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; RESILIENCE; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN GREENING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; GREENSTONE; HEAT ISLAND; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RUNOFF; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85000843790     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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