The role of the proximate principle in the emergence of urban parks in the United Kingdom and in the United States

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-234

  Crompton, John L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

BIRKENHEAD; BIRKENHEAD PARK; CENTRAL PARK; CITY OF WESTMINSTER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; LIVERPOOL [LIVERPOOL (DST)]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE'S PARK; REGENT'S PARK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WIRRAL;

EID: 34250881690     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360500521457     Document Type: Article

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