Strategies to improve sustainability in urban landscape, literature review

Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 5-13

  Rakhshandehroo, Mehdi ^a,b   Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari ^a   Arabi, Roozbeh ^b   Jahandarfard, Rasul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Green space; Open space; Sustainability; Urban landscape; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018673438     PISSN: 18032427     EISSN: 18054196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jlecol-2016-0011     Document Type: Review

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