Legibility, mystery, and visual access as predictors of preference and perceived danger in forest settings without pathways

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-677

  Herzog, Thomas R ^a   Kropscott, Laura S ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Danger; Legibility; Mystery; Preference

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FOREST; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344679111     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504264138     Document Type: Article

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