Effects of plant size, texture and colour on spatial perception in public green areas - A cross-cultural study

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Serpa, Angelo ^a,b   Muhar, Andreas ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Landscape perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268020     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(96)00330-1     Document Type: Article

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