Methodological framework for urban sprawl control through sustainable planning of urban green infrastructure

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 96, Issue , 2019, Pages 67-78

  Gavrilidis, Athanasios Alexandru ^a   Niță, Mihai Răzvan ^a,b   Onose, Diana Andreea ^a,b   Badiu, Denisa Lavinia ^a   Năstase, Irina Iulia ^a  

^a Unicersity of Bucharest   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Romania; Spatial analysis; Urban functional zones; Urban green spaces; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; URBAN GROWTH;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL ZONES; ROMANIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; METHODOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SPRAWL;

ROMANIA;

EID: 85034740666     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.054     Document Type: Article

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