Open space communities: Resident perceptions, nature benefits, and problems with terminology

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 300-312

  Kaplan, Rachel ^a   Austin, Maureen E ^b   Kaplan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; GREENSPACE; OPEN SPACE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 4344635329     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360408976380     Document Type: Article

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