A reliable and valid self-rating measure of the restorative quality of natural environments

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-232

  Han, Ke Tsung ^a,b,c  

^a University of Colorado ^*  (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Psychophysiology; Restorativeness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS;

URBAN PLANNING;

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; SELF ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038080133     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00241-4     Document Type: Article

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