The Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginia

Using the City of Roanoke, Virginia as a study site, this paper quantifies the forest structure, ecosystem services and values of vacant and residential land. Single family residential land had more trees (1,683,000) than vacant land (210,000) due largely to the differences in land area (32.44 km2 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gunwoo Kim, Patrick Miller, David Nowak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/4/296