Preference and naturalness: An ecological approach

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Purcell, A Terrence ^a   Lamb, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological factors; Landscape preference; Naturalness

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345196011     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(98)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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