Components of small urban parks that predict the possibility for restoration

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Nordh, H ^a   Hartig, T ^b   Hagerhall, C M ^a   Fry, G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Landscape architecture; Pocket park; Restorative environments; Stress; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARK DESIGN; PSYCHOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 71849085148     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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