Resilience of and through urban ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-156

  McPhearson, Timon ^a   Andersson, Erik ^b   Elmqvist, Thomas ^b   Frantzeskaki, Niki ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governance; Resilience; Sustainability; Urban ecosystem services; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028233610     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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