Large-scale environmental knowledge: Investigating the relationship between self-reported and objectively measured physical environments

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-91

  Kweon, Byoung Suk ^a,b   Ellis, Christopher D ^a,b   Lee, Sang Woo ^a   Rogers, George O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental perception; Geographic information system; Landscape content

Indexed keywords

NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646259223     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505280092     Document Type: Article

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