Innovative urban forestry governance in Melbourne?: Investigating “green placemaking” as a nature-based solution

Environmental Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2018, Pages 158-167

  Gulsrud, Natalie Marie ^a   Hertzog, Kelly ^b   Shears, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Melbourne City Institute of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Nature based solutions; Urban climate resilience; Urban green infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 85034756729     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.005     Document Type: Article

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