Exploring perceptions of health and the environment: A qualitative study of Thames Chase Community Forest

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 349-356

  Pinder, Ruth ^a   Kessel, Anthony ^b   Green, Judith ^b   Grundy, Chris ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Countryside; Environment; Ethnography; Health

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DATA SET; GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; HEALTH BELIEF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES CHASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549117924     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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