Nature, role and value of green space in towns and cities: An overview

Built Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-106

  Swanwick, Carys ^a   Dunnett, Nigel ^a   Woolley, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141483771     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.29.2.94.54467     Document Type: Article

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