Leisure participation pattern of residents in a New Chinese City

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-673

  Jim, C Y ^a   Chen, Wendy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extrahome leisure; Holiday effect; Intrahome leisure; Leisure barrier; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOGISTICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUHAI;

EID: 69949128227     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903066482     Document Type: Article

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