The good, the bad, and the interested: how historical demographics explain present-day tree canopy, vacant lot and tree request spatial variability in New Haven, CT

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-409

  Locke, Dexter H ^a   Baine, Gillian ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Ann's School   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stewardship; New Haven; Urban resources initiative; URI; Vacant lots

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028211763     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0409-5     Document Type: Article

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