The role of green infrastructures in urban planning for climate change adaptation

Climate

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Sturiale, Luisa ^a   Scuderi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change benefits; Ecosystem services; Green urban planning; Resilient city; Urban green system; Urban resilient development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074437325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli7100119     Document Type: Article

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