Community-driven skyrise greenery in a dense tropical city provides biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 169, Issue , 2018, Pages 115-123

  Oh, Rachel R Y ^a   Richards, Daniel R ^b   Yee, Alex T K ^a  

^a National Parks Board   (Singapore)

^b FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Garden; Informal green space; Urban ecology; Vertical greenery

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GARDEN; GREEN SPACES; INFORMAL GREEN SPACE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT CULTIVARS; PLANT SPECIES; SERVICE BENEFITS; URBAN ECOLOGY; VERTICAL GREENERY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85034105777     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.08.014     Document Type: Article

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