The method of planning green infrastructure system with the use of Landscape-Functional Units (Method LaFU) and its implementation in the Wrocław functional area (Poland)

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Niedźwiecka Filipiak, Irena ^a   Rubaszek, Justyna ^a   Potyrala, Jerzy ^a   Filipiak, Pawel ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

City region; Green infrastructure; Planning method; Poland; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRAGMENTATION; GREENSPACE; PLANNING METHOD; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 85059979289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11020394     Document Type: Article

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