Fire place preferences of forest visitors in northwestern Switzerland: Implications for the management of picnic sites

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Hegetschweiler, K Tessa ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Day use; Picnicking; Recreational infrastructure; Survey; Urban forest; Visitor monitoring

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SURVEY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

BASEL-LAND; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34247465630     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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