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Options and Challenges for Implementing Green Spaces in Urban Development

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Towards Green Cities

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Providing highly qualitative, healthy green areas in densely populated cities is often a serious challenge. Cities need to search for new and innovative solutions to increase public space with vital vegetation that we call urban green space.

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Syrbe, RU., Chang, J. (2018). Options and Challenges for Implementing Green Spaces in Urban Development. In: Grunewald, K., Li, J., Xie, G., Kümper-Schlake, L. (eds) Towards Green Cities. Cities and Nature. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58223-8_4

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