Exploring the concept of green infrastructure in urban landscape. Experiences from Italy, Canada and Finland

Landscape Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 139-149

  di Marino, Mina ^a   Lapintie, Kimmo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

academics; Green infrastructure; human dominated landscape; knowledge gap; practitioners

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICY APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; FINLAND; HELSINKI; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA]; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 85016467992     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1300640     Document Type: Article

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