Measuring patterns and mechanism of greenway use – A case from Guangzhou, China

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 34, Issue , 2018, Pages 55-63

  Liu, Xuan ^a   Zhu, Zhanqiang ^b   Jin, Letian ^b   Wang, Lu ^b   Huang, Cunzhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhongshan Urban Planning Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Greenway; Guangzhou; Service; Spatial configuration; Use pattern

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPACE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 85048605586     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.06.003     Document Type: Article

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