From city-to site-dimension: Assessing the urban ecosystem services of different types of green infrastructure

Land

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2020, Pages

  Brzoska, Patrycia ^a   Spaǵe, Aiga ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cities; Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Site; Systematic literature review; Urban ecosystem services; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85085649068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/LAND9050150     Document Type: Review

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