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Urban Green Infrastructure in Support of Ecosystem Services in a Highly Dynamic South American City: A Multi-Scale Assessment of Santiago de Chile

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Urban green infrastructure contributes to the health and quality of life for human beings [1].

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Ellen Banzhaf

  2. Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography, Center of Sustainable Urban Development, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Francisco de la Barrera

  3. Department of Ecosystems and Environment, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

    Sonia Reyes-Paecke

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Correspondence to Ellen Banzhaf .

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  1. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Matthias Schröter

  2. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Aletta Bonn

  3. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany

    Stefan Klotz

  4. Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Ralf Seppelt

  5. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany

    Cornelia Baessler

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Banzhaf, E., de la Barrera, F., Reyes-Paecke, S. (2019). Urban Green Infrastructure in Support of Ecosystem Services in a Highly Dynamic South American City: A Multi-Scale Assessment of Santiago de Chile. In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (eds) Atlas of Ecosystem Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_25

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