Understanding rural character: Cognitive and visual perceptions

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 14-26

  Tilt, Jenna H ^a   Kearney, Anne R ^a   Bradley, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual Content Cognitive Map; Photo questionnaire; Rural development; Rural planning; Sense of community; Washington State

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN PLANNING; VISION;

CONCEPTUAL CONTENT COGNITIVE MAP; PHOTO QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WASHINGTON STATE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COGNITION; PERCEPTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34247524588     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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