Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities

Environmental Research

Volumn 165, Issue , 2018, Pages 431-441

  Lafortezza, Raffaele ^a,b   Chen, Jiquan ^b   van den Bosch, Cecil Konijnendijk ^c   Randrup, Thomas B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem services; Nature based solutions; Sustainability; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUROPE; FORESTRY; HABITAT; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESEARCH;

EUROPE;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 85036666632     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.038     Document Type: Article

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