The use of coastal brownfields as nature preserves

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 802-819

  Levi, Daniel ^a   Kocher, Sara ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brownfield; Recreation; Risk; Toxic contamination

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; NATURE RESERVE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 33749581707     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505285217     Document Type: Article

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