Urban green spaces: A study of place attachment and environmental attitudes in India

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 824-839

  Budruk, Megha ^a   Thomas, Heidi ^a   Tyrrell, Timothy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New ecological paradigm; Place dependence; Place identity; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GREENSPACE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449504651     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802628515     Document Type: Article

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