The restorative effects of roadside vegetation: Implications for automobile driver anger and frustration

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 736-751

  Cackowski, Jean Marie ^a   Nasar, Jack L ^b  

^a Research Design Connections   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention fatigue; Frustration; Highway design; Parkway; Restorative experience; Stress

Indexed keywords

ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0345017657     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503256267     Document Type: Article

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